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{{Short description|Chief executive officer of the Royal Court of Jersey}}
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[[Image:Mace bearer Liberation Day 2008 Jersey.jpg|thumb|The Deputy Viscount bearing the Royal Mace in 2008]]
The '''Viscount of Jersey''' ({{lang-fr|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 ({{lang-fr|Département du Vicomte}})<ref>
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.
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inquests and Post-mortem Examinations
In cases of [[insolvency]], the Viscount administers ''en désastre'' proceedings.
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==History==
The Viscount carried out other functions historically: till 1885 the Public Markets were under his control. He was Comptroller of Weights and Measures and a member of the Prison Board. He read aloud Royal Proclamations in the Royal Square. A notable action of the Viscount during the exile in [[Jersey]] of [[Charles II of England|Charles, Prince of Wales]], was the proclamation in the Royal Square of the Prince as King, following the execution of his father.<ref>''Balleine's History of Jersey'', Marguerite Syvret and Joan Stevens (1998) {{ISBN
Until 1842 the Viscount was a member of the States of Jersey with a right to speak but not to vote. From 1842 until 1948 the Viscount sat as a member of the States without speaking or voting rights. The constitutional reform of 1948 removed the Viscount's membership of the legislature but the Viscount's Department continues to be represented at meetings of the States for the provision of executive services.
The ''Biographical Dictionary of
VISCOUNT. ''Vicomte''. In ancient [[France]] a very high dignitary, the Vice-Count, who took the place of the Count or Duke, when absent. Later in [[Normandy]] a Viscount was appointed over each county, the Viscount of the Cotentin, the Viscount of the Avranchin, etc. A charter of 1179 shows the Viscount holding the King's Court in [[Guernsey]]. In time the dignity of the name was forgotten, and the Viscount became a mere Court official. By the 14th century the Viscount in Jersey was the chief executive officer of the Court, appointed by the Crown to see that orders of the Court were carried out, to issue summonses, to make arrests, to keep prisoners in custody, to abate nuisances, to deliver seisin 'by the Viscount's rod'. He also acted as Coroner, and till 1885 the Public Markets were under his control. He read aloud Royal Proclamations in the Royal Square, was Comptroller of Weights and Measures and a member of the Prison Board.
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| Michael Wilkins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/AssemblyMinutes/1981/States%20Minutes%2013th%20October%201981.pdf|title=Minutes of the States of Jersey|date=13 October 1981|accessdate=12 August 2011|publisher=States of Jersey}}</ref>
| Dennis Ferbrache (1981-1996), Peter de Gruchy (1996 to 2012),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_jerseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=502685|title=Deputy Viscount Peter de Gruchy retires|publisher=Channel News|accessdate=30 November 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2023}}</ref> Advocate Mark Harris<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.channel103.com/news/index.php?storyid=24245&s=3 | title=New Coroner Appointed | publisher=Channel 103 | date=January 16, 2013 | accessdate=January 16, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (2013-2015)
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==References==
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*{{Cite report|title=Jersey Court Service Annual Report |url=https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20CourtServiceAnnualReport%202007.pdf |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |publisher=Judicial Greffe & Viscount’s Department|year=2007}}
* {{Cite web |title=Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey - Candidate Pack |url=https://www.jerseylawsociety.je/files/8516/9149/2895/Viscount_Candidate_Pack.pdf|date=August 2023|website=jerseylawsociety.je|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821130216/https://www.jerseylawsociety.je/files/8516/9149/2895/Viscount_Candidate_Pack.pdf|archive-date=21 August 2023 |access-date=2023-08-21 |url-status=live}}
==External links==
*{{Official|https://www.courts.je/viscount/}}
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