as in judge
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts
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Religious scholars affiliated with him have begun claiming that Mojtaba is a distinguished jurist, one whose expertise qualifies him to be supreme leader.
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Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
In Bright and Wilson, Lamont chose jurists with long experience on the bench.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2025
Another chapter on the Claremont Institute, the right-wing California think tank, examines the influence of the political philosopher Leo Strauss and the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The suggestion that Democrats were taking cues from that infamous Nazi jurist was pure projection — a sign, in retrospect, of how Vance himself would behave in office.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
In Bright and Wilson, Lamont chose jurists with long experience on the bench.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2025
Another chapter on the Claremont Institute, the right-wing California think tank, examines the influence of the political philosopher Leo Strauss and the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The suggestion that Democrats were taking cues from that infamous Nazi jurist was pure projection — a sign, in retrospect, of how Vance himself would behave in office.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Jurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurist. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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