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D/Y/A Probate Division, c.1669-1949. Wills and Testaments of moveable property proved before the Ecclesiastical Court before this function was transferred to the Judicial Greffe in 1949. These documents have now been digitised and are available to view online.
D/Y/B Probate Division, post 1949. Wills and Testaments of movable property including probate documents and letters of administration. Please note that documents concerning the monetary value of an estate are closed to general public access under Jersey Law.
D/Y/C Cours d'Héritage. The Cours d’Héritage records date from 1505. The Court dealt with cases relating to title to real property, the ownership immoveable property and its division on intestacy, the annulment of hereditary contracts and boundary disputes. Originally held three times a year the court was reduced to two sittings in 1771 and to one in the 1980s. The Court still sits largely for ceremonial purposes.
D/Y/D Cours du Billet. A division of the Royal Court, sometimes known as the Cour Extraordinaire. The Bailiff sat with two or three jurats and dealt with cases mainly relating to debts and promissory notes. The court was created in 1646 and abolished in 1964.
D/Y/E Cours du Cattel. One of the divisions of the Royal Court in which the Bailiff sat with three jurats it dealt with criminals and was also the court of appeal from the seigneural courts. The court was abolished in 1862. Prior to 1797 criminal cases were also heard in the Cour du Samedi [D/Y/F1]. Post 1797 criminal cases were heard in the newly created Poursuite Criminelles [D/Y/G1].
D/Y/F The Samedi Court is the general business court in the island and covers a wide range of matters. These include bankruptcy records, naturalisations, deed polls, licensing and professional registrations. There has never been an Admiralty court in Jersey but the Cour du Samedi would sit in such cases if needed.
D/Y/G Poursuites criminelles. The Poursuite Criminelles volumes cover criminal cases tried before the Royal Court from 1797 onwards. The volumes also include details of inquests from c.1806 onwards. These volumes are closed for 100 years so permission is required to view more recent volumes.
D/Y/H Visite Royale or Visite des Chemins. Inspection of the roads and any encroachments by the Royal Court.
D/Y/K Public Registry. Registration of all transactions of immovable property such as land and houses began in 1602. Transactions or contracts from c.1800 onwards can be searched through the PRIDE database available at Jersey Archive. Contracts from 1602 - 1800 are available on microfilm.
D/Y/L Family Division. The Family Division records date from 1950 and concern divorce, adoption and family matters. The records are subject to closure periods of 75 and 100 years.
D/Y/M Court of Appeal
D/Y/N Magistrates Court. The Magistrates Court consisting of the Causes Civiles and Causes Criminelles is concerned with civil and criminal matters of a less serious nature dating from 1854 and have a closure period of 100 years. The Magistrates Court is also responsible for the Youth and Petty Debts Courts. Petty Debts records begin in 1968 and previous records of this nature can be found in the Cour du Billet which ran from 1646 – 1964.
D/Y/P Miscellaneous
D/Y/Q Ecclesiastical Court
D/Y/R Military Service Act (Jersey) 1917. Tribunals. Includes Central Tribunal Register of Cases and individual files concerning cases heard before the Central Tribunals held at the Cour Royale from the 1st of September 1917 to 1918. Please also see related files at references D/AP/R/10/2, D/AP/R/10/3 and A/E/3
D/Y/S Publications and files relating to the Loi sur le Service National: The National Service (Jersey) Law 1940