What's the difference between jural and jurat?

Jural


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Under Islamic law, embryo transfer is illegal insofar as it involves artificial insemination of the donor by the husband; temporary maternity by the donor is a jural concept that has no place in Islamic family law.
  • (2) Despite appearances, the delimitation of the so-called "corporate groups"--for example, an African lineage--is neither more "natural" nor more jural than that of the society which contains them.
  • (3) They gain their power by relying on certain unquestionable assumptions which, although beyond everyday jural relationships, articulate such relationships.

Jurat


Definition:

  • (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.
  • (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) COMMONWEALTH GUERNSEY ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Officer (OBE) Jurat Stephen Edward Francis Le Poidevin.
  • (2) JERSEY ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Officer (OBE) Jurat John Claude Tibbo.

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