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The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.

A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended. -- Ju`ra-tri*as"sic, a.

Pertaining to natural or positive right. [R.] By the adjective jural we shall denote that which has reference to the doctrine of rights and obligations; as by the adjective "moral" we denote that which has reference to the doctrine of duties. Whewell.

An oath.

in England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. -- n.

A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England. Burrill.

Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution. Ayliffe.

The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

Containing abjuration.

nder the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.

Containing an adjuration.

a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration. We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Shak.

One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator. Burrill.

Nonjuring.

A binding by oath. [R.] Abp. Bramhall.

A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

o the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. -- Bel*em*nit"ic, a.

e human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]

The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.