legist

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The current was so strong that the elder Orders were swept away in it whether they would or no; twenty years later the Cistercians also desired to become legists, theologians, decretalists, and the rest.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

This is the accepted principle of International Law, a residuum of the concentrated wisdom of many generations of international legists.

From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

According to the story of the legists who wrote these books—e.g.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

He hated the petty quibbles of political legists and pedants—their dilemmas, and metaphysical distinctions, and catastrophes.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)

The most exact idea of property is given us by the Roman law, faithfully followed in this particular by the ancient legists.

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