See also:

• JURAT (through Fr. from med. Lat. juratus, one sworn, Lat. jurare, to swear)

JURAT (through Fr. from med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. juratus, one sworn, Lat. jurare, to swear)  , a name given to the sworn holders of certain offices . Under the ancien regime in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in several towns, of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, such as Rochelle and See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, the jurats were members of the municipal See also:

• BODY

body . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was also See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by officials, corresponding to aldermen, in the Cinque Ports, but is now chiefly used as a title of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the Channel Islands . There are two bodies, consisting each of twelve jurats, for See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey and the bailiwick of See also:

• GUERNSEY (Fr. Guernesey)

Guernsey respectively . They are elected for See also:

• LIFE

life, in Jersey by the ratepayers, in Guernsey by the elective states . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, with the See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff as presiding See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, the royal See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, and are a constituent See also:

• PART

part of the legislative bodies . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the word See also:

• JURAT (through Fr. from med. Lat. juratus, one sworn, Lat. jurare, to swear)

jurat (juratum) is applied to that part of an See also:

• AFFIDAVIT (Med. Lat. for " he has declared upon oath," from afftdare, fides, faith)

affidavit which contains the names of the parties See also:

• SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)

swearing the affidavit and the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person before whom it was sworn, the date, See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and other necessary particulars .