# jurat
## 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

* (UK) (written statement): IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹæt/ (other senses): IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹæt/, /ˈʒʊəɹæ/
* (US) (all senses): IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊˌɹæt/

### Noun

jurat (plural jurats)
* (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.
* (law, obsolete) A sworn person, particularly:
** (law, historical) A medieval informant: a man sworn to provide information about crimes committed in his neighborhood.
** (law, obsolete) A juror.
** A councilman or alderman of the Cinque Ports.
** 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, published 2007, page 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 [...].
** (historical) A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns.
** (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.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan jurat, from Latin iūrātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈɾat]
* IPA: (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈɾat]
* Rhymes: -at

### Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)
* jury
* juror
* panel of judges
* judge

### Participle

jurat (feminine jurada, masculine plural jurats, feminine plural jurades)
* past participle of jurar

### 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.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French jurat, borrowed from Old Occitan jurat, from Latin iūrātus. Doublet of juré, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒy.ʁa/

### Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)
* a sworn man, particularly:
** (historical) a municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns prior to the French Revolution.
** (historical) a medieval court officer.
** (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.

## Latin
### Verb

jūrat
* third-person singular present active indicative of jūrō

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒuˈrat/

### Verb

jurat (past participle of jura)
* vowed, swore
* past participle of jura

#### Declension
### Noun

jurat m (plural jurați)
* juror, member of a jury

#### Related terms

* juriu

### References

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