This official stone which marks the inauguration of a municipal office in 1999 bears the names of the Connétable and the Procureurs du Bien Public of Saint Helier.

Jersey Legal French, also known as Jersey French, is the official dialect of French used administratively in Jersey. Since the anglicization of the island, it survives as a written language for some laws, contracts, and other documents. The States of Jersey are part of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. The English language has been allowed in parliamentary debates since February 2, 1900; the current use of French at the parliament is generally restricted to formalities (prayers, ceremonies, formulas). Saint Helier (Jèrriais: St Hélyi) is one of the twelve parishes and the largest town on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. ... The States of Jersey (French: États de Jersey) is the parliament and government of Jersey. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Jersey's two official languages include French and English.

Jersey Legal French is not to be confused with Jèrriais, a Norman dialect also called Jersey Norman-French, spoken in the island. Jèrriais is a form of Norman language spoken in Jersey in the Channel Islands. ... The Norman language is a Romance language, one of the Oïl languages. ...

Jersey's French differs little from that of France. It is characterised by several peculiar terms used by Jersey administration and a few expressions imported from Norman.

List of peculiarities

It is notable that the autochthonous appellation of the archipelago is îles de la Manche (Channel Islands) — îles anglo-normandes (Anglo-Norman Islands) is a somewhat recent invention in continental French.

Septante (70) and nonante (90) replace soixante-dix and quatre-vingts-dix (compare the use of nénante for 90 in Jèrriais). 70 (seventy) is the natural number following 69 and preceding 71. ... 90 is the natural number preceded by 89 and followed by 91. ...

The names of days and months are usually written in capital letters.

Messire is used for the title of knighthood (continental French uses lower case sir) - for example, the current Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Philip Bailhache is correctly addressed in French as Messire Philip Bailhache. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... A Bailiff in a United States courtroom Bailiff (from Late Latin bajulivus, adjectival form of bajulus) is a governor or custodian; cf. ... Philip Bailhache is the Bailiff of the Channel Island of Jersey. ...

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