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

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

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)

I am no legist, but I am convinced that, at least British, and I doubt not American, law would promptly annul a testatory clause so utterly unreasonable and unprecedented.’

From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew