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.

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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

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William Hulton positionHeld Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
George Clive (barrister) positionHeld Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
this entity surface form: Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace Court (in certain cases) presidingOfficer Justice of the Peace for Lancashire
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
this entity surface form: Justice of the Peace