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
At the earliest moment, then, when its academic history can be said to open, at the arrival of the legist Vacarius in the reign of Stephen, Oxford stood in the first rank of English municipalities.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
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 Alexis de Tocqueville
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
A learned legist, he had begun his career as judge of the superior council of Alsace, and the chancellor Maupeou, in quest of magistrates who could be bought, had raised him to his new functions.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite
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