jurat

See also: jurât

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“I swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.

Pronunciation

• (written statement): IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊəɹæt/
  (other senses): IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊəɹæt/, /ˈʒʊəɹæ/
• (all senses): IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊˌɹæt/

Noun

jurat (plural jurats)

1. (law) A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.

   The affidavit's jurat reads "Sworn this __ day of ________, 20__, before me" and is followed by the notary's signature. Looks like she forgot to fill it in.

2. (law, obsolete) A sworn person, particularly:
   1. (law, historical) A medieval informant: a man sworn to provide information about crimes committed in his neighborhood.
   2. (law, obsolete) A juror.
   3. A councilman or alderman of the Cinque Ports.
   4. A magistrate of Channel Islands, serving for life, who forms part of the islands' royal court.

      Guernsey and Jersey have twelve jurats each, and Alderney six.

      • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 179:

        The Jurat came of a good old Guernsey family which, in the Middle Ages, always had the sense to fight on the side paid best [...].

   5. (historical) A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns.
   6. (historical, in French contexts) A member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.

Synonyms

• (informant): See Thesaurus:informant
• (juror): See juror
• (official of the Cinque Ports): alderman

See also

• (French official): échevin, consul, capitoul

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "jurat, n.¹" and "jurat, n.²". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1901.

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan jurat, from Latin iūrātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈɾat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)

1. jury
2. juror
3. panel of judges
4. judge

References

• “jurat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “jurat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “jurat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jurat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Old Occitan jurat, from Medieval Latin iūrātus, noun use of the perfect passive participle of Latin iūrō (“swear or take an oath”) (compare the inherited French juré).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁa/

Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)

1. a sworn man, particularly:
   1. (historical) a municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns prior to the French Revolution.
   2. (historical) a medieval court officer.
   3. (historical) a member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.

Further reading

• “jurat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) jūrat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of jūrō

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Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of jura. Corresponds to Latin jūrātus, iūrātus. Noun sense partly based on French juré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuˈrat/

Verb

jurat (past participle of jura)

1. vowed, swore
2. past participle of jura

Declension

Declension of jurat

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	jurat		jurată	jurați	jurate
	definite	juratul		jurata	jurații	juratele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	jurat		jurate	jurați	jurate
	definite	juratului		juratei	juraților	juratelor

Noun

jurat m (plural jurați)

1. juror, member of a jury

Related terms

• juriu

References

• jurat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)