jurat

Meanings

1. A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.
2. A sworn person
3. A medieval informant: a man sworn to provide information about crimes committed in his neighborhood.
4. A juror.
5. A councilman or alderman of the Cinque Ports.
6. A magistrate of Channel Islands, serving for life, who forms part of the islands' royal court.
7. A municipal officer of Bordeaux and certain other French towns.
8. A member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“to swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.