MINISTRY FOR JURISPRUDENCE & CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

ARTICLE I. – FELONIOUS CONDUCT, THE DEFINITION THEREOF & THE PENANCE TO BE PAID BY THE GUILTY PARTY

SECTION I. – TREASON
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant wilfully and knowingly lent aid and comfort to a known enemy of the Royal Alliance.
(b). In event of being found Guilty, the Defendant is to be placed under Internment and subjected to attack, by all parties who express an interest, within a timeframe set jointly by the Jurisprudent presiding over the Case in question, the Chancellor of Foreign Affairs and the Chancellor of the Interior an unlimited number of times.
(b).i. The “unlimited number of times” may not exceed Universal Legislation on the subject (i.e. – the Interned may not be attacked on more than six occasions within a twenty-four hour timeframe)

SECTION II. – VIOLATION AND EMBARRASSMENT TO THE PRAESIDIUM
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant wilfully and knowingly attacked a member of an Alliance with whom the Royal Alliance has signed a Peace Treaty without prior provocation or wilfully and knowingly lent aid and comfort to a known enemy of an Alliance with whom the Royal Alliance has signed a Peace Treaty.
(b). In event of the Defendant being found Guilty, the Defendant will forfeit all stolen goods and sell a good of the Claimant’s selection to the Claimant at the prices agreed by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the beginning of proceedings.
(b).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the remainder of the gold is to be represented by the good selected by the Claimant, at a cost of one gold per unit.

SECTION III. – UNPROVOKED ATTACK TO A NEFARIOUS DEGREE
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant attacked the Claimant without prior provocation no less than four times in any one given 24-hour period.
(b). In event of being found Guilty, the Defendant will forfeit all stolen goods over all the Unprovoked Attacks threefold and sell a good of the Claimant’s selection to the Claimant at the prices agreed by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the beginning of proceedings.
(b).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the remainder of the gold is to be represented by the good selected by the Claimant, at a cost of one gold per unit.

SECTION IV. – UNPROVOKED ATTACK
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant attacked the Claimant without prior provocation.
(b). In event of the Defendant being found Guilty, the Defendant will forfeit all stolen goods and sell a good of the Claimant’s selection to the Claimant at the prices agreed by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the beginning of proceedings.
(b).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the gold will be rounded up to the next nearest item price.

SECTION V. – UNWARRANTED ESPIONAGE
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant was not acting under the orders of the Ministry for Mafioso Bureaux, or a Chancellor when he ordered a Secret Agent into a City.
(b). In event of the Defendant being found Guilty, the Defendant will forfeit 500 gold’s worth of a good of the Claimant’s selection to the Claimant at the prices agreed by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the beginning of proceedings.
(b).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the gold will be rounded up to the next nearest item price.

SECTION VI. – ORDER OF PROHIBITION
(a). To be in receipt of an Order of Prohibition, the Prohibited Party must have committed an offence not covered by any other but deemed worthy of punishment by the Court. To be deemed worthy of being in receipt of an Order of Prohibition, the Court must be satisfied firstly that the Defendant has committed an offence not covered by any other but deemed worthy of punishment by the Court and secondly that there is risk of repetition on the part of the Defendant.
(b). An Order of Prohibition may infringe on a Member’s rights in ways such as prohibiting them to undertake an action, either at all or without firstly consulting the relevant Chancellor. Further, an Order of Prohibition carries an obligation to allow an Agent of a Delegated Representative of the Ministry for Mafioso Bureaux to harbour in their Capital and/or Colonies.

SECTION VII. – THEFT OF RESOURCE SUPPLY UPGRADE CAPABILITY
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant wilfully and knowingly contravened Royal Alliance Legislation on the subject of Resource Supply Upgrade Donations.
(b). In event of the Defendant being found Guilty, the Defendant will:
(b).i. on the first occasion, be served with an official warning and be forced to donate the designated amount for a Settlement of the size of the Settlement in question.
(b).ii. on the second occasion, be forced to donate one-and-a-half times the designated amount for a Settlement of the size of the Settlement in question.
(b).iii. on the third occasion, and any further occasions thereafter, be forced to donate two-and-a-half times the designated amount for a Settlement of the size of the Settlement in question.

SECTION VIII. – CONTEMPT OF COURT
(a). To be Ruled in Contempt of Court, the Contemnor must have wilfully and knowingly have indulged himself in an untimely and unwarranted outburst in breach of prior warning by the Jurisprudent.
(b). In event of being Ruled in Contempt of Court, the Contemnor must forfeit one third – or nearest upwardly-rounded figure – of the forfeiture demanded by a ‘Guilty’ verdict in the Case being tried at the time of the Ruling.
(c). Any person, regardless of whether or not they were the Defendant at the Case being tried may be Ruled in Contempt of Court, the penance remaining the same.
(d). The forfeiture is to be forfeited to the Jurisprudent presiding over the Case being tried at the time of Contempt of Court being Ruled.

SECTION IX. – DEPENDANT PROVOCATION
(a). To be found Guilty, the Court must be satisfied that the Defendant wilfully and knowingly provoked a high-ranked player with the intention of depending upon the Royal Alliance for Military Support.
(b). In event of the Defendant being found Guilty, the Defendant will be served with an official warning and be forced to make a gift of 2,500 gold’s worth of a good of the Claimant’s selection to the Claimant at the prices agreed by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the beginning of proceedings.
(b).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the gold will be rounded up to the next nearest item price.

ARTICLE II. – THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MINISTRY FOR JURISPRUDENCE & CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE COURT SERVICE OF THE ROYAL ALLIANCE

SECTION I. – HIERARCHY OF THE MINISTRY FOR JURISPRUDENCE & CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
(a). The First Chancellor, who is Minister for Jurisprudence & Constitutional Affairs, is to be appointed to the post of Lord High Jurisprudent.
(a).i. The Lord High Jurisprudent is addressed as “My Lord High Jurisprudent”.
(b). The Chancellor of the Interior, who is Minister for Jurisprudence & Constitutional Affairs, is to be appointed to the post of Lord Chief Jurisprudent.
(b).i. The Lord Chief Jurisprudent is addressed as “My Lord Chief Jurisprudent”.
(c). The Chancellor of War is to be appointed to the post of First Jurisprudent.
(c).i. The First Jurisprudent is addressed firstly as “My Lord First Jurisprudent” and thereafter as “Mister First Jurisprudent”.
(d). The Chancellor of Foreign Affairs is to be appointed to the post of Jurisprudent.
(d).i. A Jurisprudent is addressed firstly as “My Lord Jurisprudent” and thereafter as “Mister Jurisprudent”.

SECTION II. – DURATIONAL INTERNMENT
(a). In certain cases, where it is deemed prudent by the Jurisprudent presiding over the hearing, the Defendant may be forced to allow an Agent of a Delegated Representative of the Ministry for Mafioso Bureaux to harbour in their Capital and/or Colonies, at the discretion of the Jurisprudent presiding over the hearing, to report on any Cargo Shipping or, more urgently, Military Activity, irrespective of whether the Activity is land-based or naval.
(b). In event any instance of the latter, or any instance of the former deemed by the Jurisprudent presiding over the Case in question to be peculiarly suspicious (see Article II., Section IV. (a).), the Interned is immediately to be found Guilty and the forfeiture to be increased by 50%.
(c). In event of the Agent being captured, the Interned is to forfeit to the Delegated Representative of the Ministry for Mafioso Bureaux 17 units of Crystal-Glass and 200 gold’s worth of other goods at the prices agreed upon by the Ministry for External Trade at the time of the capture.
(c).i. In event of the gold not being exactly divisible, the gold will be rounded up to the next nearest item price.

SECTION III. – INTERNMENT
(a). In Treason cases, in event of being found Guilty, the Defendant may be forced to allow an Agent of a Delegated Representative of the Ministry for Mafioso Bureaux to harbour in their Capital and/or Colonies, at the discretion of the Jurisprudent presiding over the hearing, to report on any bolstering of Military Forces, for a timeframe set jointly by the Jurisprudent presiding over the Case in question, the Chancellor of Foreign Affairs and the Chancellor of the Interior, that they may be attacked an unlimited number of times by all parties who express an interest.
(a).i. The “unlimited number of times” may not exceed Universal Legislation on the subject (i.e. – the Interned may not be attacked on more than six occasions within a twenty-four hour timeframe)

SECTION IV. – PECULIAR SUSPICIOUSNESS
(a). In order to be deemed peculiarly suspicious, an instance of Cargo Shipping must have as its target either:
(a).i. a known enemy of the Royal Alliance, OR
(a).ii. the enemy of an Alliance with whom the Royal Alliance has signed a Peace Treaty.
(b). In the first instance, the Defendant is to be additionally tried for Treason; in the second, Violation & Embarrassment to the Praesidium.

SECTION V. – PLEADING
(a). Prior to the beginning of the Trial proper, the Defendant must be offered the opportunity to plead Guilty. The Defendant may request this right at any point during the proceedings.

SECTION VI. – APPEAL
(a). The Defendant, once found Guilty, may Appeal. The Defendant does, however, risk being ordered to re-forfeit the forfeiture, if found Guilty once more. In event of being found Not Guilty, the original Claimant is to forfeit one third – or nearest upwardly-rounded figure – of the original forfeiture.
(a).i. Appeal Proceedings may be presided over by a Jurisprudent only of equal or greater rank than that of First Jurisprudent of the Royal Alliance.

SECTION VII. – EGO CREO LEX NOVUS RULINGS
(a). Should the presiding Jurisprudent make a decision which represents a landmark in the judiciary processes of the Royal Alliance, the Minister of Jurisprudence & Constitutional Affairs must be informed, that he might make record of it. It will also be assigned a designation for future reference, such as E.C.L.N. Ruling I.. Ego Creo Lex Novus Rulings come to make the Common Law (see Article II., Section VIII. (a).).

SECTION VIII. – THE COMMON LAW
(a). The Common Law is defined as being the Law formed by Ego Creo Lex Novus Rulings, whereby necessary amendments are made to Alliance Legislation by means of Ego Creo Lex Novus Rulings, rather than by Praesidium Action.