English translation of "jurez" - "sworn (guild) members / jurors"

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112 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	jurez
Context:	"les Maistres ne peuvent prendre apprentis sans appeller aux brevets desdits apprentifs un ou deux Jurez dudit mestier pour éviter aux abus: Et en ce cas après le car ainsi, &c. l'on met ce qui ensuit. Ce fait en la presence & du consentement de Jacques, &c. aussi Maistre, & à present Juré dudit mestier." Clearly these are people who sign the apprenticeship indenture, but the implication is that they belong to the Master. Or are they independent witnesses? (One feels that the Master could draft in his friends to sign an unfair indenture....)
Keywords:	Historic documents

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112 months ago

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sworn (guild) members / jurors

My comment:

the current spelling is "juré". I'm not sure what substantive will work for you here, but look at the references, it should be there.

My references:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_(Ancien_R%C3%A9gime)
look under "Jurande"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild

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112 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

Yes, thanks, I'd found references to jurés in the literature after having posted. I'm going to leave the client to decide whether to keep juré with a gloss, or use "sworn members". But many thanks for your answer anyway - the points are yours (as if you needed them!!).

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