: one having a thorough knowledge of law
especially
: judge
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earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts
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In an extraordinary open display of conflict with the White House, the nation’s top jurist warned against seeking to remove judges over disagreements on rulings like the actions taken by District of Columbia Federal Judge James Boasberg restricting Trump’s deportation plans.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The defendant has not only been held in contempt by other jurists in other matters, but this court alone found the defendant in contempt for ten distinct violations of the order restricting extrajudicial speech.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Now they're also being used to try to bring about outcomes no jurist can hand down in judgment.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
Many of these proposals have landed at the feet of Judge Cooper and his fellow jurists in Federal District Court in Washington who have spent the past four years dealing with an exhausting caseload emerging from efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The defendant has not only been held in contempt by other jurists in other matters, but this court alone found the defendant in contempt for ten distinct violations of the order restricting extrajudicial speech.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Now they're also being used to try to bring about outcomes no jurist can hand down in judgment.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
Many of these proposals have landed at the feet of Judge Cooper and his fellow jurists in Federal District Court in Washington who have spent the past four years dealing with an exhausting caseload emerging from efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Jurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jurist. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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jurist
noun
ju·rist
ˈju̇(ə)r-əst 
: one (as a lawyer or judge) having a thorough knowledge of law
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