legist

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Critics are feared for the damage they can do to reputations, but they are probably at legist as dangerous when they turn kingmaker.

From Time Magazine Archive

M. Raybaud thought it would seem wise to repeat an old impertinence of the legist, and that may serve him for an excuse.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

Therefore, on the next ensuing Sunday, let the divine be our godly Father Hippothadee, the physician our honest Master Rondibilis, and our legist our friend Bridlegoose.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

You are our president, and moreover a great legist.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor

Where human statute is beginning to prize the general weal, the legist is of high account, and the priest paramount.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various