Deemster
Sign in to saveA Deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promulgate the Laws on Tynwald Day by reading out brief summaries of them in English and Manx.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 88 inbound references to Deemster, and connects out to English language, Alfred Hitchcock and Isle of Man.
Vinony files it under Judiciary of the Isle of Man and Law of the Isle of Man.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Current Deemsters
- List of Deemsters
- First Deemsters
- First Deemsters and Clerks of the Rolls
- Second Deemsters
- Deemsters
- Deputy Deemsters
- In fiction
- See also
- References
- External links
A Deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promulgate the Laws on Tynwald Day by reading out brief summaries of them in English and Manx.
In the past, the First and Second Deemsters had ex officio seats in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. The Second Deemster was removed from the council in 1965 and the First Deemster in 1975.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deemster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.