Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
- Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, JPs, Commissioner of the Peace, Commission of the Peace
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Reformed) / Commission of the Peace; 1835-present
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
In York an independent Commission of the Peace was setup in 1835, incorporating the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate but with an membership of Justices of the Peace otherwise distinct from the corporation.
Functions transferred from city magistracy traditionally consisting of Lord Mayor, aldermen and sheriffs. Supported by a legal professional clerk.
Places
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Functions, occupations and activities
Magistrates continue to play an administrative and judicial role. Magistrates are volunteer amateur judges and officials, answerable to the Lord Chancellor who administer the lowest court in England (formally the petty sessions). They are unpaid except for expenses and allowances. The role of the magistrates is set down by central government and has included functions such as assisting paupers, visiting asylyms, processing vehicle offences, licensing alcohol, ordering evictions, family law, sentencing petty offenders and referring more serious offences to higher courts. Quarter sessions were replaced by Crown courts in 1972.
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General context
In York an independent Commission of the Peace was setup in 1835, incorporating the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate but with an membership of Justices of the Peace otherwise distinct from the corporation.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa
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Sources
JBM How York Governs Itself.