juration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iurationem, accusative singular of iuratio (“swearing, oath, vow”).

Noun

juration (uncountable)

1. (rare) The process or act of making an oath.
   • 1888, Janet Ross, Three Generations of English Women, J. Murray, page 13:

     Lord Lyttelton has detected in our Sydney's 'Letters' "two oaths," or, to speak more accurately (for there is no juration in the case), two "d—ns," pp. 6 and 16.

   • 2005, Lisa Mulcahy, quoting Nick Stucchio, Theater Festivals, Allworth, →ISBN:

     There's this fringe movement going around the world, and much of the movement claims that the fringe movement is fundamentally about non-juration.

   • 2016, Stephen G Myers, Scottish Federalism and Covenantalism in Transition, Lutterworth Press, →ISBN, page 22:

     As the imposition of objectionable oaths had served as the pretext for the persecution of presbyterians during the covenanting era, Erskine had good cause to fear that non-juration would carry a heavy cost; faced with the approach of that threat, Erskine was preparing humself for the suffering that would accompany it.

Related terms

• juratory
• jurative
• adjuration

References

• “juration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “juration”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.