consult-; consul-

(Latin: to deliberate together, to consider; a magistrate in ancient Rome who sought information or advice from the Roman Senate)

jurisconsult (s) (noun), jurisconsults (pl)
1. A person who is an expert in juridical science: The judge is a jurisconsult who has a thorough knowledge of civil law and international law.
2. Etymology: from Latin jurisconsultus, "one who is skilled in the law, a lawyer" from juris, "right, law" + consultus, "skilled".
senatus consultum (s) (noun), senates consulta (pl)
In Roman law, a decision or decree of the governing Roman chamber of government, that had the force of law, but it was made without the concurrence of the people: The senators agreed to a senatus consultum in order to expedite action regarding the national debt.

In modern times, a decree is a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record that is issued by a court or a judge, as opposed to the practice of senatus consultum in which a small group of law makers consulted and issued decrees that became the law of the land.