Definition of "jurata" []

• In old English law, a jury. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "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."
• "Out of the jurata, through Norman and English developments, would come the jury system of modern times."
• "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."