Synonyms for jurist
ˈdʒʊər ɪstju·rist

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1. jurist, legal expertnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   justice, judge, legal expert

2. judge, justice, juristnoun

   a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

   Synonyms:
   justice, judge, legal expert, evaluator, justness

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1. juristnoun

   Synonyms:
   civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor

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1. List of paraphrases for "jurist":

   jurists, lawyer

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1. Joe Manchin:

   Throughout Judge Gorsuch’s career, he has come to his legal rulings objectively, through the letter of the law rather than through his own opinion, i hold no illusions that I will agree with every decision Judge Gorsuch may issue in the future, but I have not found any reasons why this jurist should not be a Supreme Court Justice.

2. West Bank-based:

   While the commission's report is of no immediate legal effect, it may, nonetheless, pave the way for later investigations and potentially prosecutions of Israeli and Palestinian military personnel by the International Criminal Court by providing the ICC needed political cover, the fact that the commission was headed by Mary McGowan Davis, an esteemed American jurist, makes its impact all the greater, especially in the United States, where findings by U.N. bodies are regularly derided.

3. Vice President Joe Biden:

   The Senate gets to have a say, and so in order to get this done, the President is not going to be able to go out -- nor would it be his instinct anyway -- to pick the most liberal jurist in the nation and put them on the court. There are plenty of judges on high courts already who have had unanimous support of the Republicans.

4. Dick Durbin:

   For virtually his entire adult life, including a quarter century on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer has served his country with the highest possible distinction. He is, and always has been, a model jurist.

5. Deborah Pearlstein:

   Garland is a moderate, careful jurist with a broad, bipartisan array of admirers.