jurist
English Thesaurus
1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adjudicator, |
| definition | : | a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes (noun.person) |
| hypernym | : | functionary, official, |
| definition | : | a worker who holds or is invested with an office (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | alcalde, |
| definition | : | a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | chief justice, |
| definition | : | the judge who presides over a supreme court (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | daniel, |
| definition | : | a wise and upright judge (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | doge, |
| definition | : | formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | magistrate, |
| definition | : | a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ordinary, |
| definition | : | a judge of a probate court (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | praetor, pretor, |
| definition | : | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | qadi, |
| definition | : | an Islamic judge (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | recorder, |
| definition | : | a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | trial judge, |
| definition | : | a judge in a trial court (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | trier, |
| definition | : | one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | samson, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah (noun.person) |
2. a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | expert, |
| definition | : | a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mufti, |
| definition | : | a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bentham, jeremy bentham, |
| definition | : | English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | grotius, hugo grotius, huig de groot, |
| definition | : | Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john marshall, marshall, |
| definition | : | United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | harlan fiske stone, stone, |
| definition | : | United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946) (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
| definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | judicial, |
| definition | : | decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | judicial, juridic, juridical, |
| definition | : | relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | judicial, |
| definition | : | belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge (adj.pert) |
4. a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations (noun.person)
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
5. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
| definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | judicial, |
| definition | : | decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | judicial, juridic, juridical, |
| definition | : | relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | judicial, |
| definition | : | belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge (adj.pert) |
6. a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations (noun.person)
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy, |
| definition | : | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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