: 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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Beating the top charges was not enough to convince Manhattan Federal Judge Arun Subramanian to release Combs under strict conditions on a $1 million bond, a request the jurist shot down hours after the verdict was announced.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
There was wide support for the raise, but friction arose after Leach, R-Plano, amended the bill to decouple lawmakers’ pensions from jurists’ salaries.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The note, sent to Judge Arun Subramanian around 12:30 p.m., requested the jurist say something to this person.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 June 2025
But his academic pedigree was only one reason he had been regarded as a thinking man's jurist and a highly thoughtful conservative prior to his elevation to the nation's highest bench.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 9 May 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
There was wide support for the raise, but friction arose after Leach, R-Plano, amended the bill to decouple lawmakers’ pensions from jurists’ salaries.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The note, sent to Judge Arun Subramanian around 12:30 p.m., requested the jurist say something to this person.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 June 2025
But his academic pedigree was only one reason he had been regarded as a thinking man's jurist and a highly thoughtful conservative prior to his elevation to the nation's highest bench.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 9 May 2025
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“Jurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jurist. Accessed 21 Jul. 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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