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Jurat

A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.

📖 Definitions of "Jurat"

noun

1
A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.
2
A sworn person, particularly:

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jurat"

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Word	Definition
testimonynoun	An account of first-hand experience.
wagernoun	A bet; a stake; a pledge.
swearing contestnoun	(law, informal) A trial whose outcome comes down to which of two parties swearing to the truth of opposing accounts is to be believed.
jurynoun	(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
statutory declarationnoun	(law) A legal document that is affirmed rather than being sworn under oath.
affiantnoun	(originally US, now Canada, US, law) An individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit; (generally) an individual who makes a sworn deposition; a deponent.
wager of lawnoun	(law, historical) The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.
court of justicenoun	(law) A court of law.
book oathnoun	(law, religion, dated) An oath sworn on the Bible.
talesnoun	(law) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
hearsay evidencenoun	evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge
oath of calumnynoun	(Scots law, historical) A method for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits, by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear, either by themselves or their counsel, that the facts set forth by them are true.
court of recordnoun	(law) A trial court in which a clerk or reporter takes down a record of proceedings, which is preserved at least long enough for all appeals to be exhausted, or for some further period of time provided by law.
trier of factnoun	(law) A person or group of people given the responsibility of determining the facts of a case from evidence presented in a legal proceeding.
dies juridicusnoun	(obsolete, law) A court day, i.e. a day when a legal court is functioning.
testatumnoun	(law) One of the clauses of an English deed, enumerating the operative words of transfer, statement of consideration, money, etc.
factumnoun	(law) Somebody's own act and deed.
bench trialnoun	(law) A trial by judge as opposed to a trial by jury.
party verdictnoun	(law) A joint verdict.
brief	Of short duration; happening quickly.