Jurist
Jurist
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<catset>Category="Legal occupations"</catset>A <b>jurist</b> is a <a href="Profession">professional</a> who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the <a href="Law">Law</a>. The term is widely used in <a href="American English">American English</a>, but in the <a href="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and many countries which use <a href="Commonwealth English">Commonwealth English</a> it has only historical and specialist usage, and members of the general public are largely unaware of the term and are liable to confuse it with "<a href="Jury">juror</a>." There is no alternative word for "jurist" in Commonwealth English. The term "legal professional" may be used for convenience, but this is not common practice.<p><b>JURIST</b> is an authoritative legal news and research publication of the <a href="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> School of Law. <h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul> <li> <a href="Advocate">Advocate</a> <li> <a href="Barrister">Barrister</a> <li> <a href="Civil law notary">Civil law notary</a> <li> <a href="Judge">Judge</a> <li> <a href="Jurisprudence">Jurisprudence</a> <li> <a href="Lawspeaker">Lawspeaker</a> <li> <a href="Lawyer">Lawyer</a> <li> <a href="List of prominent jurists">list of jurists</a> <li> <a href="List of lawyers">List of lawyers</a> <li> <a href="Magistrate">Magistrate</a> <li> <a href="Solicitor">Solicitor</a> </ul>