Channel Island

English Proper noun en proper noun Channel Island en Channel Islands. en The Jersey Loophole w:The Economist CXCVIII 6128 London 4 February 1961 449 https://archive.org/details/sim_economist_1961-02-04_198_6128/page/449/mode/1up 3 Tax avoidance by United Kingdom residents has been a familiar story in the Channel Islands since the end of the 1914-18 war, although it has been kept under control by the observance of a gentlemen’s agreement between the Channel Island authorities and the Treasury. Lately, however, a discrepancy between United Kingdom and Channel Island law on the definition of immovable property has led to a new dodge which is causing increasing concern to the authorities in Jersey. en John Alder Constitutional and Administrative Law Macmillan Law Masters 3rd Basingstoke, Hants. Macmillan Press Ltd 1999 127 https://archive.org/details/constitutionalad0000alde_d4f1/page/127/mode/1up 0-333-79268-8 The Channel Islands are not members of the European Union but there are special treaty arrangements. Channel Island citizens are British citizens (British Nationality 1981ss. 1, 11, 50(1)). en Glynis Cooper Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Jersey Barnsley, South Yorkshire Wharncliffe Books, Pen and Sword Books Ltd 2008 12 https://archive.org/details/fouldeedssuspici0000coop/page/12/mode/1up 978-184563-068-3 There is a general cut-off date for crime stories of around 1910 so as not to offend ‘living memory’ or the sensibilities of those involved with the victims and perpetrators of more recent crimes. The sole exception to this rule is the Occupation (1940–1945) which is such an important and unusual part of Channel Island history that it cannot be ignored. Derived terms en Channel Island fox