Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Ad quaestiones facti non respondent judices; ad quaestiones legis non respondent juratores
Judges do not answer questions of fact; jurors do not answer questions of law.
Ad quaestiones legis judices, et non juratores, respondent
Judges, and not jurors, answer questions of law.
Conjuratio
[Latin] CONJURATION.
De jure judices, de facto juratores, respon
dent. The judges answer regarding the law, the jury on the facts.
IN semper debet fieri triatio ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
A trial should always be held where the jurors can have the best information.
In judicio non creditur nisi juratis
In court no one is trusted except those sworn.
Jurative
See JURATORY.
Juratores debent esse vicini, sufcientes et minus suspecti
Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient means and free from suspicion (literally, less suspected).
Juratores sunt judices facti
The jurors are the judges of fact.
Juratus creditur in judicio
In judgment a person who has sworn an oath is believed.
Omnis conclusio boni et veri judicii sequitur ex bonis et veris praemissis et dictis juratorum
Every conclusion of a good and true judgment follows from good and true premises and the verdicts of jurors.
Quemadmodum ad quaestionem facti non respondent judices, ita ad quaestionem juris non respondent juratores
In the same manner that judges do not answer questions of fact, so jurors do not answer questions of law.
Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et judicium in judice
An oath has in it three componentstruth, justice, and judgment: truth in the party swearing, justice and judgment in the judge (administering the oath).
Triatio ibi semper debet fieri ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
Trial ought always to be held where the jurors can have the better information.
Veritas habenda est in juratore; justitia et judicium in judice
Truth is the desideratum in a juror; justice and judgment in a judge.
abjuration
n. A renouncing by oath.
abjuration of the realm.
An oath taken to leave the realm forever.
ad faciendam juratam illam
[Law Latin] To make up that jury.
conjuration
Hist. 1. A plot or compact made by persons who swear to each other to do something that will result in public harm. 2. The offense of attempting a conference with evil spirits to discover some secret or effect some purpose; witchcraft; sorcery.
conjurator
Hist. A person who swears an oath with others; a coconspirator.
distringas juratores
n. [Law Latin "you are to distrain the jurors"] Hist. A writ ordering the sheriff to distrain jurors or their property to compel their appearance before the judges of assize and nisi prius for jury duty on an appointed day.
ejuration
The renouncing or resigning of one's place.
fratres conjurati
[Latin "sworn brothers"] Hist. Sworn brothers or companions for the defense of their sovereign or for other purposes.
habeas corpora juratorum
[Law Latin "that you have the bodies of the jurors"] Hist. A writ commanding the sheriff to bring in jurors and, if necessary, to take their lands and goods as security to ensure their attendance in court for a trial setting. ( This writ issued from the Court of Common Pleas and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the King's Bench. The writ was abolished in 1852.
in modum juratae
adv. [Law Latin] In the manner or form of a jury.
jurat
1. [fr. Latin jurare "to swear"] A certification added to an affidavit or deposition stating when and before what authority the affidavit or deposition was made. o A jurat typically says "Subscribed and sworn to before me this - day of [month], [year]," and the officer (usu. a notary public) thereby certifies three things: (1) that the person signing the document did so in the officer's presence, (2) that the signer appeared before the officer on the date indicated, and (3) that the officer administered an oath or affirmation to the signer, who swore to or affirmed the contents of the document. - Also termed jurata. Cf. VERIFICATION.
jurata
n. 1. Hist. A jury of 12 persons; esp., a jury existing at common law. 2. JURAT (1).
juration
Archaic. 1. The act of administering an oath. 2. The act of swearing on oath.
jurator
Archaic. See JUROR.
juratory
adj. Of, relating to, or containing an oath. - Also termed juratiue.
non ponendis in assisis et juratis
n. [Law Latin "not to be put in assizes and juries"] Hist. A writ discharging a person from jury duty.
oath of abjuration
English law. An oath renouncing all right of descendants of a pretender to the Crown.
witness jurat
See JURAT.