'Jurist' definitions:

Definition of 'jurist'

noun

A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations [syn: jurist, legal expert]

noun

A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice, jurist]

From: GCIDE

Jurist \Ju`rist\, n. [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law. See Just, a.] 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. [1913 Webster]
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. --Burke. Juristic