jurator

English

Etymology

From Latin iūrātor. Doublet of juror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊˈreɪtə(r)/

Noun

jurator (plural jurators)

1. A juror.
   • 1622 August, Robert Callis, The Reading of That Famous and Learned Gentleman, Robert Callis Esq; Sergeant at Law, upon the Statute of 23 H. 8. Cap. 5. of Sewers: As It Was Delivered by Him at Grays-Inn, in August, 1622, London: […] William Leak, published 1647, page 97:

     And this courſe was uſed by the Four and twenty Jurators in Kent in Rumney Marſh, who always upon their Oaths ſet down every particular mans ground in certain, and their juſt quantities, and accordingly were the parties ſeverally taxed.

   • 1805, Sharon Turner, “The Trial by Jury”, in The History of the Manners, Landed Property, Government, Laws, Poetry, Literature, Religion, and Language, of the Anglo-Saxons, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, book V (The History of the Laws of the Anglo-Saxons), page 342:

     It was an improvement on this ancient cuſtom, that the jurators were named by the court instead of being selected by the parties. It was a further progreſs towards our preſent mode of jury, that the jurators were to hear the ſtatements of both parties before they gave their deciding veredictum, or oath of the truth. While the ordeals were popular, the trials by jurators were little uſed;

   • 1860, Robert Ross, Outlines of English History for Junior Classes in Schools; or a First Book for Pupils Preparing for Public Examinations, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., page 54:

     This was indeed the second stage of trial by jury, the first being that of jurators, or compurgators.

   • 1872, Orby Shipley, editor, A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms, London, Oxford, Cambridge: Rivingtons, page 129:

     Compurgator. […] 2. A jurator who, together with the accused and eleven others, swore to his innocence.

   • 1887 November, D. H. Chamberlain, “The American System of Trial by Jury”, in Journal of Social Science, Containing the Transactions of the American Association, number XXIII, […] for the American Social Science Association, Damrell & Upham, Boston, and G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, page 95:

     These jurators for a long time combined the functions of accusers and triers.

   • 1909, Proceedings of the Annual Sessions of the Texas Bar Association, page 154:

     But we learn from Bracton, who wrote in the reign of Henry II, that the system of compurgators was extended after a short time so as to submit the final decision of the case to what was called jurators. These jurators were charged with the preliminary inquiry as to the guilt of any person charged with certain crimes, and upon their finding him guilty he was put to the ordeal of compurgation as he might elect.

   • 1965, The Southern Quarterly Review, page 113:

     The same author dwells much on the fact, that these jurators were of the number of twelve.

Latin

Verb

jūrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of jūrō

Noun

jūrātor m (genitive jūrātōris); third declension

1. Alternative form of iurator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jūrātor	jūrātōrēs
Genitive	jūrātōris	jūrātōrum
Dative	jūrātōrī	jūrātōribus
Accusative	jūrātōrem	jūrātōrēs
Ablative	jūrātōre	jūrātōribus
Vocative	jūrātor	jūrātōrēs

References

• “jurator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• jurator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.