Jurat - What does it mean?
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(legal) The written statement by a notary public that he or she has administered and witnessed an oath or affirmation.
(legal) The written statement of a person that he or she has declared an oath or affirmation.
A municipal official in the Cinque Ports or in certain French towns.
(Channel Islands) A life magistrate.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 179:
jurat
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 [...].