1. (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.

2. (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an affidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.

JA advocate agent alter ego alternate assessor attorney attorney-at-law backup backup man barmaster barrister barrister-at-law champion chancellor circuit judge counsel counselor counselor-at-law deputy dummy executive officer exponent figurehead friend at court intercessor judge advocate judge ordinary jurat justice in eyre justice of assize lawyer lay judge legal adviser legal assessor legal counselor legal expert legal practitioner legalist lieutenant locum locum tenens master military judge mouthpiece ombudsman ordinary paranymph pinch hitter pleader police judge presiding judge probate judge proctor procurator proxy puisne judge recorder representative sea lawyer second in command secondary self-styled lawyer solicitor stand-in substitute surrogate understudy utility man vicar vicar general vice vice-chancellor vicegerent