One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.
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One who adjudicates.
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Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice;…
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One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
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A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.
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The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
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A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.
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The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
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Same as Justiciary.
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An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
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A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.
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An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
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According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
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See Pretor.
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A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
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One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
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One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.
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The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of…
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The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of…
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…
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A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…
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The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…
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