Legal expert (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations

Synonyms:

jurist; legal expert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("legal expert" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal expert"):

mufti (a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law)

Instance hyponyms:

Bentham; Jeremy Bentham (English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831))

Grotius; Hugo Grotius; Huig de Groot (Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645))

Holmes; Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935))

John Marshall; Marshall (United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835))

Harlan Fiske Stone; Stone (United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946))

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