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Definition of Jurats
1. jurat [n] - See also: jurat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jurats
Literary usage of Jurats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"You have pleaded, yon have a right by marrying a freeman's daughter; and that
the mayor and jurats have the sol« right of swearing and admitting you to that ..."
2. Reports of State Trials: New Series... 1820 to [1858]...by Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis by Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis (1898)
"The twelve jurats hold office for life. They are incapable of being removed, ...
A complaint was made to us by Mr. Gosselin, one of the jurats, ..."
3. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"Darnell, You have pleaded, yon hav« a right by marrying a freeman's daughter ;
and that the mayor and jurats have the sole vi^lit of swearing and admitting ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: In the ...by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1791)
"rI common- are to continue jurats for lire, it the mayor, jurats "mayor and
commonalty mail think fit ; and a power of and j"«'»" i . c ,-r -r ..."
5. The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and King's Lynn by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1887)
"Also it was agreed that when anyone of the aforesaid twenty-four jurats shall
die or it shall happen that any one of them shall voluntarily retire or be ..."
6. English Economic History: Select Documents edited by Alfred Edward Bland (1919)
"LETTER TO LORD COBHAM PROM THE MAYOR AND jurats OF RYE CONCERNING THE PRECEDING
... Whereupon we did, with consent of Mayor, jurats, and Common Council, ..."
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