legist
Example Sentences
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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
Covarruvias, a Spanish legist, already quoted, agrees with Arnault Ferton.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
An astute legist can discover flaws in the best-drawn legal papers.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
He had all the qualities of a clever legist and an excellent commentator, and none of those necessary to a legislator or statesman.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
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
