Royal Court of Jersey

E161374

appellate court court superior court trial court

The Royal Court of Jersey is the principal civil and criminal court of the Bailiwick of Jersey, responsible for administering justice and interpreting the island’s laws.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Court of Jersey canonical	20
Jurats of the Royal Court of Jersey	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
adjacentTo	States Assembly of Jersey ⓘ surface form: States Chamber of Jersey
appealsTo	Court of Appeal of Jersey ⓘ Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
building	Royal Court House, St Helier ⓘ surface form: Royal Court House, Saint Helier
country	Jersey ⓘ surface form: Bailiwick of Jersey
governedBy	Royal Court (Jersey) Law and related legislation ⓘ
hasBody	Jurats of Jersey ⓘ
hasJudge	Bailiff of Jersey ⓘ Commissioner of the Royal Court ⓘ Deputy Bailiff of Jersey ⓘ Lieut-Bailiff (when acting) ⓘ
hasOfficer	Judicial Greffier ⓘ Viscount of Jersey ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasPart	family law division ⓘ surface form: Family Division Heritage Division (occasional / historical matters) ⓘ Probate Division ⓘ Samedi Division ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.jerseylaw.je/courts/royal-court/ ⓘ
headedBy	Bailiff of Jersey ⓘ
historicalOrigin	medieval ducal court of Normandy ⓘ
jurisdiction	Jersey ⓘ
legalSystem	Jersey law ⓘ Norman customary law influences ⓘ common law influences ⓘ customary law ⓘ mixed legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Jersey ⓘ surface form: Bailiwick of Jersey Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Channel Islands
location	Saint Helier ⓘ
relatedTo	States Assembly of Jersey ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Jersey ⓘ appeals from the Magistrate’s Court of Jersey ⓘ civil cases in Jersey ⓘ criminal cases in Jersey ⓘ family law cases in Jersey ⓘ insolvency proceedings in Jersey ⓘ interpretation of Jersey law ⓘ probate matters in Jersey ⓘ
roleOfBailiff	determine questions of law ⓘ preside over the court ⓘ
roleOfJurats	decide sentences in criminal cases ⓘ determine facts in trials ⓘ
usesLanguage	Jèrriais (limited historical use) ⓘ
usesLayJudges	Jurats of Jersey ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Minquiers → jurisdiction → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Bailiff of Jersey → officeHolderOf → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Bailiff of Jersey → positionHeldIn → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Bailiff of Jersey → hasLegalAuthorityOver → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Bailiff of Jersey → confersTitle → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurats of the Royal Court of Jersey

Bailiff of Jersey → overseesBody → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Judiciary of Jersey → highestCourt → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Magistrate’s Court of Jersey in appellate capacity → higherCourt → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Magistrate’s Court of Jersey in appellate capacity → appealTo → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Royal Court House, St Helier → houses → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Royal Court House, St Helier → usedBy → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Judicial Greffier of Jersey → associatedWith → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Viscount of Jersey → jurisdiction → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Jersey → hearsAppealsFrom → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Jersey → above → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Jersey → decisionBindingOn → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Deputy Bailiff of Jersey → partOf → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Deputy Bailiff of Jersey → presidesOver → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Jurats of Jersey → jurisdiction → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Jurats of Jersey → associatedBody → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ

Code of 1771 → usedBy → Royal Court of Jersey ⓘ