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
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 Peter Anthony Motteux
An astute legist can discover flaws in the best-drawn legal papers.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thebaud
I am pleased that a legist of your learning and authority should have pronounced such an opinion.
From The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas père
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 P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
