They claimed the seigneur is the "effective head of state" and the seneschal "the sole judge".
The position of seneschal will continue to be appointed by the seigneur, which is an inherited title.
The Seigneur of Sark will not sell the island under any circumstances, he has said in a statement.
Since then the seigneur, the seneschal and 40 landowners have had an automatic right to seats on the Chief Pleas.
But Mr Justice Wyn Williams, sitting in London, said neither the seigneur nor the seneschal had the right to vote.
The seigneur's right of veto was strictly limited and the seneschal had no right to speak at meetings of the Chief Pleas except as necessary to discharge his duties.
Because what the seigneur is making is money.
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Lawyers acting for the Barclay brothers claimed recent changes allowing the Seigneur to remove the Seneschal (the island's judge) and take on the role of President of Chief Pleas during a vacancy went against principles of democracy.
Sark's system of government dates back to 1565 when Queen Elizabeth I granted "letters patent" to the first seigneur to hold the island as a "royal fief".
The brothers have objected to powers granted by Sark's constitution, specifically those given to the unelected Seigneur.
Sir David and Sir Frederick, 73-year-old twins, have pushed for democracy on the island and challenged the unelected posts of seigneur and seneschal, which have remained despite the election.
The role of Seigneur, or Lord, of Sark is a hereditary title.
He also said it was likely the man who brought the case against the States, Seigneur of la Fief de la Fosse Richard Falle, will be one of them.
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Those changes did not include the abolition of the feudal roles of Seigneur and Seneschal.
Seigneur Michael Beaumont said the move was not one supported by the majority of islanders, but was being pushed through by outside pressures.
The reason everybody does not become a seigneur is that it is hard.
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Affianced to the lovely Imoinda, the warrior prince Oroonoko, heir to a west African throne, is obliged to suffer the king his grandfather's insistence on his droit de seigneur.
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