cojurorn.
One who takes an oath along with, or in confirmation of, another.
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1735 M. Shelton tr. W. Wotton Short View Hickes's Anc. Northern-lang. 59 (T.) The solemn form of oaths: of a compurgator, or cojuror. The form of this oath is this: ‘I swear by God, that the oath which N. swore was honest and true’.
1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 336 It has been tried in full county by the oath of the tenant with two cojurors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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