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    Quote from the College of Arms website:
    "The Court of Chivalry has had jurisdiction over cases of misuse of arms since the 14th century. It is a civil court, with the Earl Marshal as the sole judge from 1521. The best known medieval action was Scrope v Grosvenor (1385-1390), in which Sir Richard le Scrope was held to have a prior claim to the simple arms azure a bend or. The most recent case was Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties (1954), when a theatre was successfully sued for illegal display of the arms belonging to the corporation."

    As a civil court has no power to dispense criminal justice the town council and FC are not going to be fined. Only the rightful owner of the arms can sue for misuse but as the rightful owner is defunct, what's the problem?

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