Crown Office
Crown Office may refer to: * Crown Office in Chancery, a department under the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom * Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service () is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under t ...

Crown Office In Chancery
The Crown Office in Chancery is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department). It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc. In legal documents, the Crown Office refers to the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. The Crown Office employees consist of the Head of the Crown Office, one sealer and two scribes. Responsibilities Warrants, patents and charters All formal royal documents (such as Warrant (law), warrants to be signed by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch; letters patent, both those that are signed by the sovereign and those that are approved by warrant; ...
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