Lawyer vs. Jurist

Lawyernoun

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice.

Juristnoun

(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.

Lawyernoun

By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.

Juristnoun

A judge.

Lawyernoun

The burbot

Juristnoun

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.’;

Lawyerverb

To practice law.

Juristnoun

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

Lawyerverb

(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

Juristnoun

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

Lawyerverb

(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

Jurist

A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar—not necessarily with a formal qualification in law or a legal practitioner, although in the United States the term may be applied to a judge.

‘jurist’;

Lawyerverb

To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

‘You've been lawyered!’;

Lawyernoun

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

Lawyernoun

The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

Lawyernoun

a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

Lawyer

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying the law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.