Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old English law, a jury.
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Examples
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Out of the jurata, through Norman and English developments, would come the jury system of modern times.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2009
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In the ninth century, in Frank lands, this verdict of a jurata, or sworn group of inquirers, was used to decide many local issues of land ownership or criminal guilt.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2009
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In the ninth century, in Frank lands, this verdict of a jurata, or sworn group of inquirers, was used to decide many local issues of land ownership or criminal guilt.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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In the ninth century, in Frank lands, this verdict of a jurata, or sworn group of inquirers, was used to decide many local issues of land ownership or criminal guilt.
Archive 2008-01-20 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Out of the jurata, through Norman and English developments, would come the jury system of modern times.
Archive 2008-01-20 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Out of the jurata, through Norman and English developments, would come the jury system of modern times.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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It will be remembered that the earlier precedents are of a date when the assize and jurata had not given place to the modern jury.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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It has been suggested already that in the days of the assize and jurata the court decided whether the facts constituted a ground of liability in all ordinary cases.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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And even within that narrower limit, precedents of the time of the assize and jurata have been applied without a thought of their connection with a long forgotten procedure.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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See: alfo Olavs Verelius. rJemda idem efb duodecim ju - ratonun numerus feu jurata apud Anglos, quod nemda.
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