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noun
A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A medieval informant: a man sworn to provide information about crimes committed in his neighborhood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A juror.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A councilman or alderman of the Cinque Ports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A magistrate of Channel Islands, serving for life, who forms part of the islands' royal court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A sworn person
A member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: law
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History
From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“to swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.
