Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
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Justice of the Peace for Lancashire was a local magistrate role in the English county of Lancashire responsible for administering minor judicial and administrative duties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Peace | 3 |
| Justice of the Peace for Lancashire canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county-level public office
ⓘ
judicial office in England ⓘ local magistrate office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Lancashire
ⓘ
historic county of Lancashire ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Lord Chancellor of England
ⓘ
the Crown ⓘ |
| basedOn |
common law of England
ⓘ
statute law of England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| governmentOfficeOrTitle | Justice of the Peace ⓘ |
| governs | inhabitants of Lancashire in minor legal matters ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
local administrative matters in Lancashire
ⓘ
minor criminal matters in Lancashire ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
administer minor administrative duties
ⓘ
administer minor judicial duties ⓘ deal with petty offences ⓘ hear minor criminal cases ⓘ maintain local law and order ⓘ oversee local licensing matters ⓘ supervise enforcement of local statutes ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
local governance
ⓘ
preliminary hearings for more serious offences ⓘ summary justice ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | local jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasSeatIn | various petty sessional divisions in Lancashire ⓘ |
| hasTemporalScope | pre-modern period of English local government ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | North West England ⓘ |
| isPartOf | county magistracy of Lancashire ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Lancashire ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy |
landed proprietors
ⓘ
local gentry ⓘ persons appointed by the Crown ⓘ |
| officeHolderRole | Justice of the Peace ⓘ |
| partOf |
English local justice system
ⓘ
system of Justices of the Peace in England ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Magistrates' courts of England and Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
County magistrates’ bench in Lancashire
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire ⓘ Quarter Sessions for Lancashire ⓘ |
| typeOfJurisdiction | petty sessions ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases)
→
presidingOfficer
→
Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
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subject surface form:
Justice of the Peace Court (Scotland)
this entity surface form:
Justice of the Peace
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Dowager Countess of Swinton
→
positionHeld
→
Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
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this entity surface form:
Justice of the Peace