An Entity of Type: Thing, from Named Graph: http://dbpedia.org, within Data Space: dbpedia.org

The Viscount of Jersey (French: Vicomte de Jersey) has, since the 14th century, been the chief executive officer of the Royal Court of Jersey. Since 1930, court services have been provided by the Viscount's Department (French: Département du Vicomte) in conjunction with the Judicial Greffe. Until 1973 the Viscount was appointed by the Crown; since 1973 Viscounts have been appointed by the Bailiff of Jersey. The Viscount manages jury selection and exemption, financial assistance to jury members and acts as surveillant for the jury.

Property Value
dbo:abstract
  • The Viscount of Jersey (French: Vicomte de Jersey) has, since the 14th century, been the chief executive officer of the Royal Court of Jersey. Since 1930, court services have been provided by the Viscount's Department (French: Département du Vicomte) in conjunction with the Judicial Greffe. Until 1973 the Viscount was appointed by the Crown; since 1973 Viscounts have been appointed by the Bailiff of Jersey. The principal function of the Viscount (also referred to in Channel Island English by the Jersey Legal French title of the Vicomte) is the execution of the orders of the courts of Jersey. This involves managing fines, bail monies, seizures, confiscations, evictions, service of process, arrests for non-appearance in court and other enforcement procedures. The Viscount manages jury selection and exemption, financial assistance to jury members and acts as surveillant for the jury. The Viscount also acts as coroner to deal with matters relating to sudden or unexpected death, and administers estates of deceased persons. In cases of insolvency, the Viscount administers en désastre proceedings. The Viscount is amongst those who act as autorisé (returning officer) for elections in Jersey. The Viscount acts as mace-bearer for the Bailiff of Jersey in the States of Jersey and the Royal Court of Jersey, and carries out other ceremonial functions. (en)
  • Le Vicomte de Jersey (en jersiais : l'Vicomte de Jèrri, en anglais : Viscount of Jersey) est le premier magistrat de la Cour royale de Jersey depuis le Moyen Âge. Le Vicomte de Jersey était le président de l'ancienne Cour royale. Depuis 1930, les services judiciaires sont devenus le "Département du Vicomte" en collaboration avec le greffier. La principale fonction du vicomte est l'exécution des ordonnances des tribunaux de Jersey. Cela concerne la gestion des amendes, le cautionnement aux tribunaux, les sommes d'argent saisies, les confiscations, les expulsions, le service des procédures judiciaires, les arrestations pour non-comparution devant le tribunal et diverses autres procédures d'application des peines. Le vicomte gère la constitution des jurys et la sélection des jurés, il attribue une aide financière aux membres du jury et agit en tant que surveillant pour le jury. Le vicomte agit également comme coroner pour traiter des questions relatives à la mort soudaine et inattendue, et administre les biens de personnes décédées. En cas d'insolvabilité, le vicomte engage la "procédure de désastre". Le vicomte est parmi ceux qui agissent comme scrutateur lors des élections à Jersey. Le vicomte assure la fonction cérémonielle de porte-masse de cérémonie pour le Bailliage de Jersey dans le cadre des États de Jersey et de la Cour royale de Jersey. (fr)
dbo:thumbnail
dbo:wikiPageExternalLink
dbo:wikiPageID
  • 11677673 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageInterLanguageLink
dbo:wikiPageLength
  • 7161 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
dbo:wikiPageRevisionID
  • 1086644950 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dcterms:subject
rdfs:comment
  • The Viscount of Jersey (French: Vicomte de Jersey) has, since the 14th century, been the chief executive officer of the Royal Court of Jersey. Since 1930, court services have been provided by the Viscount's Department (French: Département du Vicomte) in conjunction with the Judicial Greffe. Until 1973 the Viscount was appointed by the Crown; since 1973 Viscounts have been appointed by the Bailiff of Jersey. The Viscount manages jury selection and exemption, financial assistance to jury members and acts as surveillant for the jury. (en)
  • Le Vicomte de Jersey (en jersiais : l'Vicomte de Jèrri, en anglais : Viscount of Jersey) est le premier magistrat de la Cour royale de Jersey depuis le Moyen Âge. Le Vicomte de Jersey était le président de l'ancienne Cour royale. Depuis 1930, les services judiciaires sont devenus le "Département du Vicomte" en collaboration avec le greffier. Le vicomte gère la constitution des jurys et la sélection des jurés, il attribue une aide financière aux membres du jury et agit en tant que surveillant pour le jury. En cas d'insolvabilité, le vicomte engage la "procédure de désastre". (fr)
rdfs:label
  • Vicomte de Jersey (fr)
  • List of Viscounts of Jersey (en)
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
foaf:depiction
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of
is foaf:primaryTopic of
Powered by OpenLink Virtuoso    This material is Open Knowledge     W3C Semantic Web Technology     This material is Open Knowledge    Valid XHTML + RDFa
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License