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A '''non-juror''' is a person who refuses to swear a particular oath:

* In British history, non-jurors refused to swear allegiance to William and Mary and their heirs or abjure the Stuarts; see [[Nonjuring schism]]
* In French history, non-jurors or [[Refractory clergy]] were clergy members who refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the state under the [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]]; also known as refractory clergy, priests and bishops
* In American history, non-jurors were citizens of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] who declined both to fight as [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] and to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the rebel state governments

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