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sovereign jurisdiction, civil and criminal; and as a Lord of Regality his 
criminal jurisdiction was “ truly royal,” © for he had “at least as many 
of the privileges of an independent Prince as a Margrave or Pfalzgrave. 
His courts were competent to try all questions, civil or criminal, that of 
high treason against the sovereign alone excepted. He appointed judges 
and executive officers, who were responsible only to himself. He had 
within his territory a series of municipal systems—corporations with 
their municipal officers, privileged markets, harbours, and mills, with 
internally administered regulations of police, applicable to weights and 
measures, fishing privileges, and other like useful institutions. He could 
build prisons and coin money. When any of his people were put on 
trial before the king’s courts he could ‘repledge’ the accused to his own 
court, only finding recognizances to execute justice in the matter.” * 
Every Baronet of Nova Scotia was entitled to have hereditary seat 
and voice in all the Legislative Assemblies of the Royal Province of 
Nova Scotia; and it was ordained by His Majesty that the Baronets of 
Nova Scotia “should be always called, intitled and designed by the 
name and title of Baronet; and that in all Scotish speeches and writings, 
the addition of Sir, and in all other discourses and writings a word 
signifying the same should be proponed to their names and other titles, 
and that the stile and title of Baronet should be postponed and subjoined 
thereto in all letters patent and other writs whatsomever, as a necessary 
addition of dignity.” * 
Each Baronet of Nova Scotia was authorized to bear upon his Shield 
of Arms as an honourable augmentation the Shield of Arms of the Royal 
Province,t viz.: Argent, a Saltire, Azure; on an inescutcheon, Or, a Lion 
rampant, Gules, langued and armed, Azure, within a double Tressure 
fleurée, counter-fleurée of the Second; to be borne upon his Shield of 
Arms either in a canton or in surtout, in his option, according to which- 
ever method least dimidated or suppressed the existing charge or 
charges upon his Shield of Arms. The canton might be either dexter 
or sinister for the same reason. This honourable augmentation was 
borne ensigned with an Imperial crown. “ This is called an Imperial 
Crown, in regard of the Imperial Jurisdiction and Prerogatives, that an 
absolute King (to whom such a Crown is due) hath within his Kingdom. 
The high rising of the Diadem doth signifie the greatness and perfection 
of such a King, from whom there is no appellation; forasmuch as he 
acknowledgeth no earthly Superiour in anything pertaining to his Royal 
Jurisdiction; neither oweth he duty, but only to the King of all Kings, 


Province also formed part of the Honourable Augmentation, this is an error. 
