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Judicial Greffe

Reference: D/Y

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.

Reference: D/Y/A

Date: 1669 - 1949

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.

Reference: D/Y/B

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.

Reference: D/Y/C

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.

Reference: D/Y/D

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].

Reference: D/Y/E

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.

Reference: D/Y/F

Cour du Samedi Registers. The Samedi Court is the general business court in the island and covers a wide range of matters. These include bankruptcy records, acts of séparations de biens, debt recovery, naturalisations, deed polls, licensing and professional registrations. Prior to 1797 some criminal cases can be found in this court. There has never been an Admiralty court in Jersey but the Cour du Samedi would sit in such cases if needed.

Reference: D/Y/F1

Brevets d'inventions (patentes)

Reference: D/Y/F11

Registres des hommes d'enquete (jury lists)

Reference: D/Y/F12

Causes Remises Registers - an appeal from one of the divisions of the Royal Court could be heard before a greater number at the 'Causes Remises' where at least seven Jurats sat

Reference: D/Y/F13

Indexes to Causes Remises Registers

Reference: D/Y/F13/A

Assemblée Registre de Licences (wines and spirits licensing)

Reference: D/Y/F16

Maintenance orders and reciprocal enforcements in the Petty Debts Court

Reference: D/Y/F19

Table du Samedi (Name indexes of the Cour du Samedi)

Reference: D/Y/F2

Arbitrations

Reference: D/Y/F20

Royal Court Probation Orders

Reference: D/Y/F22

Fragments of Records recovered from the Samedi Court volumes when they were re-bound

Reference: D/Y/F23

Extraites - Lists of Fines

Reference: D/Y/F24

Livres des Décrets - Bankruptcy Registers listing the creditors of bankrupt individuals and giving a history of their financial debts including property and monetary transactions. The procedure was changed to dégrèvement after the 1880 Propriété Foncière Law (see D/Y/F5). Despite this the records of décrets continue to 1917.

Reference: D/Y/F3

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