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template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Politics_of_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Politics of Jersey (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Jersey" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Jersey"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Royal Court</b> is the principal and oldest court in Jersey, and exercises both criminal and civil jurisdiction. It can sit in a number of configurations, depending on the type of case and the powers to be exercised.<sup id="cite_ref-RC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg/220px-Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg/330px-Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg/440px-Royal_Court_States_Building_Saint_Helier_Jersey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1524" data-file-height="1155" /></a><figcaption>Royal Court building in Saint Helier</figcaption></figure> <p>The Court has its origins in the 13th century when, following the English Crown's loss of those portions of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Normandy" title="Duchy of Normandy">Duchy of Normandy</a> which are on the European mainland, <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a> decreed that Jersey should continue to be subject to <a href="/wiki/Norman_law" title="Norman law">Norman customary law</a>. The Royal Court exercised both judicial and <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative</a> functions for the Island, although the power to make laws moved to the States Assembly in the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Jersey_law#Judiciary" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey law">Jersey law § Judiciary</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bailiff_of_Jersey" title="Bailiff of Jersey">Bailiff</a> of Jersey is the president of the Royal Court (and also of the Court of Appeal). Individual trials may be heard before the bailiff, the deputy bailiff (also a full-time role) or a <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Jersey_(list)#Commissioners_of_the_Royal_Court_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary of Jersey (list)">commissioner</a>. Commissioners are part-time judges, appointed from the ranks of judges in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> or senior experienced lawyers from the Channel Islands, United Kingdom or the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>, either for defined periods of time or for specific cases. The <a href="/wiki/Master_(judiciary)" title="Master (judiciary)">master</a> of the Royal Court deals with some preliminary matters in civil cases. The Court is supported by the judicial <a href="/wiki/Greffier" title="Greffier">greffier</a> who fulfils the role of <a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Clerk of the court">clerk of the court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the judge, the Royal Court includes the <a href="/wiki/Jurat#Channel_Islands" title="Jurat">jurats</a>. They are unpaid lay people, aged 40 or more, who have been elected by an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_college" title="Electoral college">electoral college</a>. They hold the office until the age of 72.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jurats decide issues of fact in criminal and civil trials (except criminal assizes, when a <a href="/wiki/Jury" title="Jury">jury</a> is empanelled), hand down sentences in criminal trials and award damages in civil trials.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_jurisdiction">Civil jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three divisions of the Court deal solely with civil matters. The <i>Héritage</i> division decides cases concerning <a href="/wiki/Land_law" title="Land law">land</a> and <a href="/wiki/Immovable_property" class="mw-redirect" title="Immovable property">immovable property</a>. The Family division deals with <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoption</a> and the care of children. The Probate division is concerned with <a href="/wiki/Will_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will (law)">wills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inheritance" title="Inheritance">inheritance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RC_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Samedi division deals with all other civil cases coming before the Royal Court.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It previously sat on a Saturday, hence the name (<i>Samedi</i> is the French word for Saturday), but now sits on Fridays.<sup id="cite_ref-RC_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When exercising civil jurisdiction, the Royal Court almost always sits as the Inferior Number – that is, comprising the bailiff (or the deputy bailiff, or a commissioner) and two <a href="/wiki/Jurat#Channel_Islands" title="Jurat">Jurats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_jurisdiction">Criminal jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criminal jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As well as hearing civil cases, the Samedi division of the Royal Court also hears criminal cases. There are three ways in which a case can be tried: by the Inferior Number of the Royal Court, by an assize sitting or (for sentencing only) by the Superior Number.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Court_of_Jersey_(interior).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Court_of_Jersey_%28interior%29.jpg/220px-Royal_Court_of_Jersey_%28interior%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Court_of_Jersey_%28interior%29.jpg/330px-Royal_Court_of_Jersey_%28interior%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Royal_Court_of_Jersey_%28interior%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="205" /></a><figcaption>Interior of Royal Court looking from the public gallery</figcaption></figure> <p>The Inferior Number of the Royal Court tries offences (termed 'contraventions') defined in statute law or (where the <a href="/wiki/Defendant" title="Defendant">defendant</a> agrees) offences against <a href="/wiki/Customary_law" title="Customary law">customary law</a>. It also deals with <a href="/wiki/Bail" title="Bail">bail</a> applications. When sitting as the Inferior Number, the court is made up of the bailiff (or the deputy bailiff, or a commissioner) and two <a href="/wiki/Jurat#Channel_Islands" title="Jurat">jurats</a>. There is no jury, and the jurats are the judges of fact.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Inferior Number may hand down a sentence of up to four years <a href="/wiki/Imprisonment" title="Imprisonment">imprisonment</a>. If it believes that a heavier sentence is appropriate, it must refer the case to the Superior Number for sentencing. </p><p>The Inferior Number also hears appeals against decisions of the Magistrates' Court. There is generally no onward appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-Crim15_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crim15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An assize sitting of the Royal Court is used when the defendant is charged with an offence (called 'crimes' for the more serious offences, and '<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9lit" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:délit">délits</a>' for the less serious ones) against customary law. The case is tried by a judge (the bailiff or deputy or a commissioner) and a jury of 12 citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-Crim15_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crim15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Superior Number of the Royal Court only has a role in respect of sentencing, either on reference or appeal from the Inferior Number. Unlike the Inferior Number, it can impose any sentence allowed by law, including imprisonment for more than four years. The Superior Number is made up of the judge and five or more jurats.<sup id="cite_ref-Crim15_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crim15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visite_Royale">Visite Royale</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Visite Royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg/220px-Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg/330px-Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg/440px-Visite_Royale_Saint_H%C3%A9lier_2012_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3842" data-file-height="2046" /></a><figcaption>HM Solicitor-General presents argument before the Royal Court, voyeurs and officials regarding whether the Parish of Saint Helier could remove dead trees at risk of falling into the roadway (2012)</figcaption></figure> <p>A <i>Visite Royale</i> is an annual ambulatory inspection by the Royal Court of one of the <a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jersey" title="Parishes of Jersey">parishes of Jersey</a>. Since 1803 the alternation of the <i>visites</i> has been fixed so that each parish is visited once every six years. The origin of the custom goes back to the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Viscounts_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Viscounts of Jersey">viscount</a> over the roads and paths of the Duchy of Normandy. The court inspects the parish accounts (although since modern practice is that accounts are professionally audited, this is a formality) and receives a report on policing and other matters from the <i><a href="/wiki/Conn%C3%A9table_(Jersey_and_Guernsey)" title="Connétable (Jersey and Guernsey)">connétable</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Honorary_Police#Ranks_of_the_Honorary_Police" title="Honorary Police">chef de police</a></i>. A panel of twelve <i>voyeurs</i>, made up of notable Parishioners nominated by the Connétable, is sworn in and leads the court on a circuit of roads around the parish, drawing the court's attention along the way to transgressions and encroachments that require judgment. The jurisdiction of the Visite Royale is to make "any order designed to ensure the rights of the public lawfully to use the public roads and pathways of the Island without obstruction, hinderance [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] or inconvenience."<sup id="cite_ref-visite_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visite-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judgment is given on the spot, although this may be an order that further investigations should take place and be reported to the Royal Court at a later date.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RC-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RC_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RC_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RC_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RC_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120804031454/http://www.jerseycourts.je/about/royal-court/">"The Royal Court"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jersey+Law+Review&rft.atitle=The+Visite+Royale+And+Other+Humbler+Visits&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=2&rft.date=1998-06&rft.aulast=Bailhache&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jerseylaw.je%2Fpublications%2Fjerseylawreview%2FJune98%2Fvisite_royale.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Court+%28Jersey%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i>Representation of Transport and Technical Services regarding proposals on saving an oak tree following a Visite Royale dated 15 August 2012</i></cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jerseylaw.je/judgments/unreported/Pages/%5B2013%5DJRC024.aspx">2013 JRC 024</a> (Inferior Number of the Royal Court 31 January 2013).</span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&oldid=1263646226">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Court_(Jersey)&oldid=1263646226</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Jersey" title="Category:Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 21:41<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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