Viscount of Jersey
Since 1930, court services have been provided by the Viscount's Department (French: Département du Vicomte)[1] in conjunction with the Judicial Greffe.This involves managing fines, bail monies, seizures, confiscations, evictions, service of process, arrests for non-appearance in court and other enforcement procedures.The Viscount also acts as coroner to deal with matters relating to sudden or unexpected death, and administers estates of deceased persons.In ancient France a very high dignitary, the Vice-Count, who took the place of the Count or Duke, when absent.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'.
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