Chivalric Order of the Knights of Justice

The Honours System in British history is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, helping suffering people, and/or contributing to humanitarian work. As the Head of the Order, the sovereign remains the "fount of honour", but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour has changed considerably over time. Various Orders of Knighthood (like the Knights of Justice) have been created as well as awards for humanitarian service, bravery, merit, and achievement which take the form of decorations, medals or ranks.
People occasionally receive honorary Knighthoods; they use the style 'Sir'. Such Knighthoods are conferred by heads of Orders of Chivalry, on the advice of other members, on those who have made an important contribution to humanitarian good works programs and to the Order itself.
The Honour of Chivalry comes in four classes for all admissions to the Order in the rank of Companion or above, in the category of Knights of Justice.
Members admitted in all classes are entitled to wear the Order's Cross of Knights of Justice. All members of the Order must uphold all chivalrous ideals of the Order and shall subscribe to a code of moral ethics consistent with their own principles and beliefs.

Member Companion
wearing just the order's lapel pin (cross).
The holder is entitled to use the postnominal letters MJ.

Knight (or Dame) of Justice
wearing neck decoration with knight's cross-shield and ribbon.
The holder is entitled to prefix his(her) name with "Sir" or "Lady" and use the postnominal letters KJ/DJ.

Knight (or Dame) of Honour
wearing neck decoration with knight's cross-shield and ribbon.
The holder is entitled to prefix his(her) name with "Sir; Knight of Honour" or "Lady; Dame of Honour" and use the postnominal letters KJ/DJ.

Knight (or Dame) Commander
wearing neck decoration with commander's crowned cross and ribbon.
The holder is entitled to prefix his/her name with "Sir Commander" or "Dame Commander (Lady Cdr.)" and use the postnominal letters KCJ/DCJ.
The rank of Knight (Dame) Commander is strictly reserved for heads of commandery and merited members of the Order.

Knight (or Dame) Grand Commander
wearing neck decoration with commander's crowned cross and ribbon.
The holder is entitled to prefix his/her name with "His Excellency Grand Commander (H.E. Sir)" or "Her Excellency Grand Dame (H.E. Lady)" and use the postnominal letters KCJ/DCJ.
The rank of Knight (Dame) Grand Commander is strictly reserved for heads of region and merited members of the Order by appointment only.

Knight (or Dame) Grand Cross
wearing chest decoration with order's breast star badge.
The holder is entitled to prefix his/her name with "His Excellency Sir (H.E. Sir)" or "Her Excellency Dame (H.E. Lady)" and use the postnominal letters GCJ.
The rank of Grand Cross of Justice is strictly reserved for heads of states, to members of the Grand Council and to merited heads of the Order by appointment only.

Medal for Meritorious Service
The Meritorious Service Medal is an Honour for Persons of exceptional Distinction and comes in Bronze, Silver and Gold. The Honour for Meritorious Service will be granted either for members or non-members of the Order.

The dignity of knighthood conferred by the Knights of Justice entitles the holder to the title of 'Sir' prefixed to his name. This dignity is not hereditary. The dignity for female is legally entitled to the designation of Dame but by common consent is addressed as Lady. Generally, the addressing of this dignity is correctly 'Sir First Name', but not 'Sir Last Name' (surname).

Descended from mediaeval Chivalry, Knights exist both within the Order of Chivalry as well as in a class (rank) known as granted by the Knights of Justice. The Knighthood carries the title Sir; the female equivalent Dame; only exists within the Order of Chivalry.

The grand title of 'Sir' conferred by the Chivalric Order of the Knights of Justice can be registered in England. This registration gives the distinguished rights of style and address of the grand title of 'Sir'.

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