What does legist mean?
Legist means One skilled in the law..
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/ˈliːdʒɪst/ · noun
One skilled in the law..
There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.
‘King and kingdom,’ concurred d'Aguesseau, wisest of wise eighteenth-century legists, ‘form a single entity.’
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Legist means One skilled in the law..
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There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.
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