From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jurist \Ju'rist\, noun [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law. See {Just}, adjective] One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law, such as a judge, lawyer, or legal scholar; a writer on civil and international law.
It has ever been the method of public jurists to draw a great part of the analogies on which they form the law of nations from the principles of law which prevail in civil community. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations [syn: {legal expert}]
2: a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice [syn: {judge}, {justice}, {magistrate}]
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