Learned
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Possessing learning; erudite; versed in the law. In statutes pre- Beribing 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.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Judges who have been regularly educated in the law by study find practice are said to be " learned in the law," in distinction from judges, not possessing such qualifications! and said to be "not learned" or "unlearned" in the law, who formerly, as advisers or associates, sat with such law-judges.