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jurat1 municipal official or magistrate in the Cinque Ports, the Channel Islands, and some French towns, etc. XV. — L. jūrātus (cf. foll.).
Jurat
JURAT
The certificate of an officer that a written instrument was sworn to by the individual who signed it.
Jurat is derived from jurare, Latin for "to swear." It is proof that an oath was taken before an administering officer, such as a notary. In an affidavit, a jurat is the clause at the end of the document stating the date, place, and name of the person before whom it was sworn.
jurat
jurat2 (leg.) memorandum of the swearing of an affidavit. XVIII. — L. jūrātum, n. pp. of jūrāre; see JURY.
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