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    The Law of Guernsey originates in Norman customary law, overlaid with principles taken from English common law and French law, as well as from statute...
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    located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited...
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    Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: Bailliage dé Guernési) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy...
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    The title Bailiff of Guernsey has been used since at least the 13th century and indicated the leading citizen of Guernsey. The 90th and current Bailiff...
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    parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guernsey also apply to Alderney...
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    dependency of Guernsey have improved significantly in the past decades. Same-sex sexual activity for both men and women is legal in Guernsey. Same-sex...
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  • list of Laws, Ordinances and Orders in Council of the States of Guernsey. Guernsey passes between 30 and 60 laws a year. The Alderney (Application of Legislation)...
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    Courts of Guernsey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the law of the...
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    Politics of the Bailiwick of Guernsey take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency. The Bailiwick of Guernsey...
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    Politics of Guernsey 2012 Guernsey general election 2016 Guernsey general election 2020 Guernsey general election THE REFORM (GUERNSEY) LAW, 1948, as...
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    The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the island of Guernsey and other islands such as Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, and Lihou. Each parish was...
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    The Guernsey is a breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is fawn or red and white in colour, and is hardy and docile...
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  • Jurat (category Law of Guernsey)
    jurats (/ˈdʒʊəræt, ˈʒʊərɑː/) are lay people in Guernsey and Jersey who act as judges of fact rather than law, though they preside over land conveyances and...
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  • The Bailiwick of Guernsey has an unwritten constitution. Constitutional Information, The Royal Court of Guernsey "Government, Constitution and Elections"...
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    Guernsey Airport (IATA: GCI, ICAO: EGJB) is an international airport on the island of Guernsey and the largest airport in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It...
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    Crime in Guernsey Human rights in Guernsey LGBT rights in Guernsey Freedom of religion in Guernsey Law enforcement in Guernsey Military of Guernsey Command...
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    Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France. This is a list of holders of the post of Bailiff of Guernsey. Hugh de Trubleville...
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    Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Historically, they are the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy...
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    The Guernsey Police, is the police service for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a jurisdictional sub-group of Crown Dependencies within the Channel Islands...
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    Clameur de haro (category Law of Guernsey)
    survives as a fully enforceable law to this day in the legal systems of Jersey and Guernsey, and is used, albeit infrequently, for matters affecting land. The...
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    of Saint Ouen and the Seigneur of Samarès are titles in the Bailiwick of Jersey. According to the Feudal Dues Law of 1980 of Guernsey, the style of Dame...
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    A guernsey, or gansey, is a seaman's knitted woollen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated in the Channel Island of the same name, sometimes known...
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    Guernsey II (born August 30, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who served four consecutive terms representing the Massachusetts House of Representatives'...
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    are the civic heads of the twelve parishes of Jersey and ten parishes of Guernsey. The Connétable is grounded in Norman customary law. The structure, powers...
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    Sark (redirect from Isle of Sark)
    legislative assembly, Guernsey has sole responsibility for matters of criminal law under the Sark (Reform) Law 2008. For matters of extreme law enforcement the...
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    Bailiwick of Guernsey are British Crown dependencies in the English Channel, near the coast of Normandy. The Channel Islands were the only de jure part of the...
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    The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France. Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished...
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  • Guernsey was passed by the States of Guernsey on 21 September 2016, and took effect on 2 May 2017. Same-sex marriage laws took effect in Alderney on 14 June...
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    Guerneseyese, Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on...
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    This is a list of books in the English language which deal with Guernsey and its geography, history, inhabitants, culture, biota, etc. Allisette R. -...
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