Deemster Deemster A deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promulgate the Laws on Tynwald Day by reading them out to the people in English and Manx. In the past, the First and Second Deemsters had "ex officio" seats in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. The Second Deemster was removed from the Council in 1965 and the First
Terminology of the British Isles the English term "British Isles". Another translation is "Oileáin Bhreataineacha", which was used in the 1937 translation from English to Irish of a 1931 geography book. Earlier dictionaries give "Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa" as the translation, literally meaning "West European Isles". Today the most common term "Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór" is used, meaning literally as "Ireland and Great Britain", as provided by terminological dictionaries. "Blighty" is a slang word for Britain derived from the Hindustani word "bilāyatī" ("foreign"). Depending on the user, it is meant either affectionately or archly. It was often used by British soldiers abroad in the First