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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Possessing learning; erudite; versed in the law. In statutes prescribing the qualifications of judges, "learned in the law" designates one who has received a regular legal education, the almost invariable evidence of which is the fact of his admission to the bar.

See Jamieson v. Wiggin, 12 S. D. 16, 80 N. W. 137, 46 L. R. A. 317, 76 Am. St Rep. 585; O'Neal v. McKinna, 116 Ala. 620, 22 South. 905.