Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA


JURAT Practice. That part of an affidavit where the officer certifies that the
same was "sworn" before him. 

The jurat is usually in the following form, namely 

"Sworn and subscribed before me, on the ____ day of _______, 1842, 
J. P. justice of the peace." 

In some cases it has been holden that it was essential that the officer should
sign the jurat, and that it should contain his addition and official
description....


JURATA. A certificate placed at the bottom of an affidavit, declaring that the
witness has been sworn or affirmed to the truth of the facts therein alleged.
Its usual form is: 

"Sworn (or affirmed) before me, the ____ day of ____, 18__."
 The Jurat.


JURATS, officers. In some English corporations, jurats are officers who have
much the same power as aldermen in others....

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