The Chivalric Order of the Knights of Justice

Regulations of the Order

  Constitution of the Order:
The Constitution of the Order was approved by the Governing Grand Council and proclaimed at the Grand Magisterial Meeting held in 1876, and was revised on 10th of May in 1981. The current Grand Council and its Governing Grand Master had adopted this Constitution without any amendments. The Constitution can be reviewed at any Priory or Commandery of the Order or can be downloaded as PDF file.

  Statutes of the Order:
The Statutes of the Order and registered Articles of the Order can be reviewed at the office of each Jurisdiction or registered Priory of the Order or can be downloaded as PDF file. The Order is registered as Non-Profit Foundation and/or Charity Association in several countries worldwide.

  Heraldic Regulations:
The practice of according particular additions or devices to the arms of members of orders of knighthood is an ancient one. There are e.g. a lot of middle ages funeral monuments on tombs of members of the Order of the Knights of Justice that provide early evidence of this. The badges of orders were added to arms as a matter of custom almost as soon as arms themselves were used by nobles and knights. For Knights of Justice the arms of the order were combined with their personal arms in the same fashion as clergies had their arms with those of their diocese. Later codified the privilege of the arms of the order was restricted to the highest ranks, while knights surround their arms with the plain ribbon with the badge suspended there from. Knights of Justice may superimpose their shield on the cross of the order with the insignia of their individual rank in relation to heraldic rules.
The privilege of placing the shield on the cross of the Order was assumed by members of other religious-hospitallery orders like the Order of St. John, and other venerable orders, although generally restricted according to their rank in the Order.

  General Regulations of the Order:
The Membership as a Dame or a Knight of the Chivalric Order of the Knights of Justice is open to everyone who upholds the chivalric ideas and has an excellent reputation. The admission to the Order is open to men and women over the age of twenty-one. All Applicants or Candidates have to fulfil an application form. Upon approval of the Commandery or Grand Prior, the application is sent to the Grand Council of the Order for the final decision. If accepted, the Candidate is advised by a letter for the date and details of the investiture.

  Petition for Membership:
Any person interested in becoming a member of The Chivalric Order of the Knights of Justice is herewith invited to contact us for joining the nearest Commandery within his/her home country. After submitting the online enquiry form the applicant will get more information about the membership of the Order. CLICK HERE for Membership of the Order.

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