jurist

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Wilson survived the attack and went on to be a major part of the Constitutional Convention and one of America’s first great constitutional jurists.

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In the late Middle Ages, Christian theologians and jurists began to advance more humane views regarding the treatment of captured enemy combatants.

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The level of indignation, courtesy of the masterly Bellocchio, may be even more than a viewer will be comfortable with; the cynical perspective of so many Milanese jurists is appalling.

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Federal judges on all levels also periodically sit as visiting judges in distant courts that lack a full complement of jurists.

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An experienced jurist known for his unconventional approach to the job, the judge’s age is nonetheless raising questions about his ability to oversee a sprawling matter that could drag on for years.

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