different between jurat vs declaration

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin i?r?tus (“sworn [man]”) or i?r?tum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin i?r? (“I swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.

Pronunciation

• (UK) (written statement): IPA^(key): /?d????æt/
  (other senses): IPA^(key): /?d????æt/, /?????æ/
• (US) (all senses): IPA^(key): /?d????æt/

Noun

jurat (plural jurats)

1. (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.

2. (law, obsolete) A sworn person, particularly:
   1. (law, historical) A medieval informant: a man sworn to provide information about crimes committed in his neighborhood.
   2. (law, obsolete) A juror.
   3. A councilman or alderman of the Cinque Ports.
   4. 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 2007, p. 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 [...].

   5. (historical) A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns.
   6. (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

From Old Occitan jurat, from Latin j?r?tus, i?r?tus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?u??at/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d??u??at/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)

1. jury
2. juror
3. panel of judges
4. judge

Verb

jurat m (feminine jurada, masculine plural jurats, feminine plural jurades)

1. past participle of jurar

Further reading

• “jurat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Old Occitan jurat, from Medieval Latin i?r?tus, noun use of the perfect passive participle of Latin i?r? (“swear or take an oath”) (compare the inherited French juré).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.?a/

Noun

jurat m (plural jurats)

1. A sworn man, particularly:
   1. (historical) A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns prior to the French Revolution.
   2. (historical) A medieval court officer.
   3. (historical) A member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.

Further reading

• “jurat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

j?rat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of j?r?

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of jura. Corresponds to Latin j?r?tus, i?r?tus. Noun sense partly based on French juré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?rat/

Verb

jurat (past participle of jura)

1. vowed, swore
2. past participle of jura

Declension

Noun

jurat m (plural jura?i)

1. juror, member of a jury

Related terms

• juriu

References

• jurat in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin d?cl?r?ti?nem, accusative of Latin d?cl?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?kl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

Hyponyms

• (computing): forward declaration

Related terms

• declare

Translations

See also

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

Further reading

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• indacaterol, redactional

Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration