Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Nonjuror

1. Someone who is not serving as a juror. 2. Hist. A person who refuses to pledge allegiance to the sovereign; speci£, in England and Scotland, a clergyman who refused to break the oath to James II and his heirs and successors, and recognize William of Orange as king. ( In Scotland, a nonjuror was also recognized by the Presbyterian Church as a clergyman who refused to renounce the Episcopal Church when it was disestablished in favor of Presbyterianism.