Jurats of Jersey

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The Jurats of Jersey are a panel of lay judges who serve as the principal fact-finders and sentencers in the Royal Court of Jersey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jurats of Jersey canonical 6
jurats of Jersey 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collegial court panel
judicial office
lay judge
appealFromDecisions Court of Appeal of Jersey
associatedBody Royal Court of Jersey
States Assembly of Jersey
associatedOffice Attorney General of Jersey
Bailiff of Jersey
Deputy Bailiff of Jersey
Solicitor General of Jersey
composition lay people elected to judicial office
country Jersey
decisionMaking collective deliberation on facts and sentence
disqualification cannot be a member of the States Assembly while serving
cannot be an advocate of the Royal Court
electionBy States Assembly of Jersey
function determine questions of fact in trials
determine sentences in criminal cases
participate in electoral counts
participate in licensing assemblies
sit with the Bailiff in civil and criminal proceedings
governingInstrument Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948
subsequent amendments to Jersey court laws
historicalOrigin medieval Norman institutions
jurisdiction Royal Court of Jersey
languageOfProceedings English
French
legalStatus officers of the Royal Court of Jersey
legalSystem Jersey legal system
legalTradition Norman customary law
numberOfMembers 12
oath sworn to administer justice without favour or malice
presidingOfficer Bailiff of Jersey
Commissioner of the Royal Court
Deputy Bailiff of Jersey
publicOffice yes
retirementAge 72
role fact-finder in the Royal Court of Jersey
member of the Inferior Number of the Royal Court
member of the Superior Number of the Royal Court
sentencer in the Royal Court of Jersey
selectionMethod election by secret ballot
termLength until retirement age
training receive instruction in Jersey law and court procedure
votingMethod majority vote among Jurats
wears biretta-style cap in court
red robes in court

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Referenced by (7)

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

Bailiff of Jersey overseesBody Jurats of Jersey
Royal Court of Jersey hasBody Jurats of Jersey
Royal Court of Jersey usesLayJudges Jurats of Jersey
Judiciary of Jersey hasJudicialOfficer Jurats of Jersey
Judiciary of Jersey usesLayJudges Jurats of Jersey
Royal Court House, St Helier usedBy Jurats of Jersey
this entity surface form: jurats of Jersey