a. [ad. late L. jūrātōri-us confirmed by oath: see JURAT1 and -ORY.] Of or pertaining to an oath or oaths; expressed or contained in an oath.

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1553.  in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1883), I. 32. Thos. More … tooke the oathe of a Burgesse to doe all thynges according to the vertue of the burgesses oathe … and also the laudable uses and customs of the sayd towne and not juratory.

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1647.  R. Stewart, Answ. Lett. Dr. Turner, 51. Freed from his juratory obligation.

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a. 1734.  North, Exam., I. iii. § 136 (1740), 211. The juratory, dying Denials, of the whole criminal Charge of the Plot, made by every individual suffering Person at his Execution.

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1806.  W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., IV. 260. Affirmative or Juratory declarations of opinion.

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