XI.1.1 The Judiciary Act of 7529 (An Act of the Privy Council)

The Privy Council in judicial session presided over by The Lord High Chancellor shall serve as the high court of appeals of the realms, hearing and determining appeals from the Courts of Chancery and several of the Special Courts herein specifically provided. The Lord Great Steward may at any time be petitioned to convene a Council-General for the purpose of reviewing a decision of the Privy Council made in judicial session. The Council-General is understood to be the usual court for trial of a peer for a personal offense and the court for trial of impeachment of one of His August Majestie's ministers and the court for final determination of conflicts and disputes between agencies of His August Majestie's Government.

The Courts of Chancery shall consist of the Courts of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and the Courts of the Masters in Chancery. The Lords of Appeal in Ordinary shall hear and determine of appeals of fact, of law, and of legal procedure from the High Court of Justice and from the highest Palatine Courts as hereinafter provided. The Masters in Chancery shall hear and determine of appeals based on questions of relief, amelioration, and other situations where there is alleged to be a conflict between the law and real justice from the same courts as the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. The Lords of Appeals may, unless the Privy Council otherwise provide, and if a majority of the Lords of Appeals in Ordinary approve, hear and determine of their proper matters individually and severally. Masters in Chancery shall hear their proper matters individually. Appeals from the Courts of Chancery shall lie to the Privy Council according to the common process of law.

The High Court of Justice shall consist of the Lord Chief Justice and two Associate Justices unless the Privy Council shall by law provide for some other number of Associate Justices. The Lord Chancellor shall have the power and duty to provide for the organization of divisions of the High Court of Justice when he shall determine such action to be needed; especially the Lord Chancellor shall have the power to establish Assizes to be held in and for the several Administrative Areas, which Assizes shall be divisions of the High Court of Justice presided over by Associate Justices designated to be Justiciars in eyre by the Lord Chief Justice . The Justiciars shall be empowered to hear and determine of such lesser misdemeanors and non-criminal offenses normally within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice as may be more conveniently tried in the Administrative Areas than at the seat of His August Majestie's Government. The High Court of Justice shall be the court of original jurisdiction for all matters not elsewhere provided for.

The Palatine Courts shall consist of the Courts Baron of the Dukes having Palatine Authority, so many Courts of Session as each of the said Dukes shall see fit to establish in and for his Palatine Duchy and the municipal courts of any municipalities the Dukes may charter. Each of the Dukes aforesaid shall, unless he and the Lord Chancellor agree to the appointment of a surrogate, personally preside over and give sentence in the sessions of his Court Baron, hearing and determining of appeals from his Courts of Session and municipal courts and of such high offenses against his ordinances as he may establish to be matters of original jurisdiction for his Court Baron. The Courts of Session shall each consist of a Justice of Session and shall be the courts of original jurisdiction for all matters arising under Palatine Law not otherwise provided for. The municipal courts, each consisting of a Justice of the Peace and so many Masters as may be needed all selected by each of the municipalities according to the terms of its charter, shall hear and determine arising from the laws and ordinances of the municipality. The Lord Chancellor may for just cause issue writs to remove any matter from one of the Palatine Courts to the Courts of Council, the High Court of Justice, or the Courts of Chancery as may be appropriate. In no case shall judgment of a Palatine Court extend to life, limb, or exile.

The Special Courts shall consist of the Lord Great Steward's Court, the High Court of Chivalry, the Courts Martial, the Civic Courts of any cities created under charters issued by the Lord Great Steward, and such other courts as the Privy Council may declare by law to be special courts. The Lord Great Steward's Court shall be summoned by the Lord Great Steward and presided over by him personally unless he appoint a surrogate . The said court shall hear and determine of matters involving peers as private persons when the peers shall involved shall agree to be tried before the said court rather than the Council-General, provided, that the said court when sitting in such a trial shall consist of the Lord Great Steward and twelve other peers, at least two of whom shall, when possible, be Lords of Appeal in Ordinary . The Lord Great Steward's Court shall be the court of original jurisdiction for all offenses committed within the Royal Precincts as established by the Privy Council.

The High Court of Chivalry shall consist of one or more of the Kings of Heralds of Arms of the Realms of Middle-earth, according to the rules of the College of Arms of Middle-earth, provided, that no subject of His August Majestie shall be subjected to trial by a court consisting solely of persons not subjects of His August Majestie because of the provisions of this act. The High Court of Chivalry shall hear and determine of matters of heraldic abuse and other armorial disputes. In no case shall the judgment of the High Court of Chivalry extend to life, limb, exile, or imprisonment for more than one year. The Lord Chancellor or his surrogate named by him shall sit on the High Court of Chivalry whenever it shall consider any matter involving property of greater value than one kilogramme of mithril or such other limit as may be established by the Privy Council.

If the Armed Forces of His August Majestie should be re-established, their Courts-Martial shall be constituted Special Courts, and appeals from then shall lie to the Privy Council.

Each Civic Court shall consist of a Superior Judge and so many Associate Judges as each city may select according to the terms of its charter. In no case shall judgment of a Civic Court extend to life, limb, or exile. Appeals from the Civic Courts shall lie to the Privy Council.

The several judges and justices other than the Lord Great Steward, the Lord Chancellor, the Dukes having Palatine Authority, and the Kings of Heralds of Arms, shall, Until the King Return, hold office during their good behaviour and shall at times stated receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. And in all criminal prosecutions conducted before these courts, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, and to be informed of the nature and cause of his accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. And in all criminal prosecutions before the High Court of Justice, the Courts of Session, the Municipal Courts, & the Civic Courts, the accused shall enjoy the right to trial by an impartial jury. And no person shall be held to answer for a capital to otherwise infamous crime, except on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury; nor shall any person be subject for any offense twice to be put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.