English > jurist: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. |
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| Synonyms | judge, justice |
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| Instances | Samson | (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean / herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah |
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| Narrower | Daniel | A wise / wise and upright judge |
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| alcalde | A mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town |
| chief justice | The judge who presides over a supreme court |
| doge | formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa |
| justiciar, justiciary | formerly a high judicial officer |
| magistrate | A lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) |
| ordinary | A judge of a probate court |
| praetor, pretor | An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
| qadi | An Islamic judge |
| recorder | A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs |
| trial judge | A judge in a trial court |
| trier | One (as a judge) who examines and settles a case |
| Broader | adjudicator | A person who studies and settles conflicts / conflicts and disputes |
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| official, functionary | A worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| Spanish | árbitro, jueza, juez, magistrado, togado |
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| Catalan | justícia, jutge, magistrat, togat |
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| Nouns | jurisprudence | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
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| jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
