Definition of jurat

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ju·rat    (jrt) KEY 

NOUN:

A certification on an affidavit declaring when, where, and before whom it was sworn.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, informant under oath, member of a ruling body of a city, from Anglo-Norman, member of a ruling body of a city, from Medieval Latin irtus, juror, from past participle of Latin irre, to swear ; see jury¹