Legisperitus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
/. I. A person skilled or learned in the law; a lawyer or advocate.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A person skilled or learned in the law; a lawyer or advocate. Feud. lib. 2, tit. 1. LEGIT VEL NON? Im old English practice, this was the formal question propounded to the ordinary when a prisoner claimed the benefit of clergy,—does he read or not? If the ordinary found that the prisoner was entitled to clergy, his formal answer was, “ Legit ut clervicus,” he reads likea clerk.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Learned in the law. Legit vel non ? I. Does he read or no ? Legit ut clericus: he reads like a clerk. A question to, and answer of, the ordinary, when a prisoner claimed benefit of clergy.