Puisne judge and puisne justice (/ˈpjuːni/) are terms for an ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank of a particular court. The term comes from a combination...

rank". The judges and barons of the national common law courts at Westminster, other than those having a distinct title, were called puisne. This was reinforced...

High Court judges are referred to as puisne justices and wear red and black robes. High Court judges do not include the ex officio judges of the High...

Puisne judges in Fiji sit on the High Court and the Court of Appeal, but not on the Supreme Court. According to the now-abrogated Chapter 9 of the Fijian...

Justice Malcolm Rowe, current Puisne Judge Wishart Spence, former Puisne Judge Michelle O'Bonsawin, current Puisne Judge John Arnup, Moderator for United...

Syed Mahmood (also spelled Sayyid Mahmud; 24 May 1850 – 8 May 1903) was Puisne Judge of the High Court, in the North-Western Provinces of British India from...

puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Born in Penang, Straits Settlements, he was the first Indian in Malaya to be appointed a puisne judge...

and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017. He previously served as a puisne justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011–2012) and of the Supreme Court...

jurisdictions, the equivalent position is called "Puisne Justice". In several Canadian courts, the term "associate judge" has the same meaning as a Master (judiciary)...

Colony. The court consisted of the chief justice and not more than four puisne judges. This led to the appointment of the first chief justice, Sir David Patrick...

terms of address are "Judge" (for puisne justices) or "Chief Justice" (for chief justices). The title for most puisne judges is "Justice", which is abbreviated...

علی شاہ) is a Pakistani jurist who is currently serving as the Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He formerly served as the 45th Chief...

the Prime Minister, the Senior Puisne Judge acting in accordance with the advice of Chief Justice and the Puisne Judges acting in accordance with the advice...

to 1777 on his death. John Hyde (judge), Puisne judge from 1774 to 1796 on his death. Robert Chambers, Puisne judge from 1774 to 1783, Acting Chief Justice...

and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on...

were the judges of the English court known as the Exchequer of Pleas. The Barons consisted of a Chief Baron of the Exchequer and several puisne (inferior)...

March 1961) is the Judge President of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa. He joined the bench as a puisne judge in July 2015 and...

Peter deCarteret Cory, CC QC (October 25, 1925 – April 7, 2020) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, from 1989 to 1999. Born in Windsor, Ontario...

had been successively promoted as President of the Lands Tribunal, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court and Vice-President of the Court of Appeal. In 1996...

government [582] Charles Abbott 1960 Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia [583] Thomas à Beckett 1909 Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria...

as a puisne judge on 24 April 1925 to the Supreme Court of Queensland. He held this position until, on 17 May 1940, he became senior puisne judge of the...

Francis Smith (30 June 1847 – 25 November 1912) was a Sierra Leonean Puisne Judge in the Gold Coast. He was the second Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister...

positions and was the first woman to hold the position of notary public and puisne judge in Gibraltar. Karen Ramagge Prescott graduated from the University of...

of justices of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, the puisne judges of the court. They serve in addition to the High Court's ex officio...

August 1854 – 25 June 1923) was a British barrister and colonial judge. He was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1895 to 1909. Wise was...

and the Senior Puisne Judge formed the Singapore and Malacca division of the Court, while the Judge of Penang and the Junior Puisne Judge formed the Penang...

1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u212467 "Hawtayne, Lionel Edward, (died 28 March 1920), Puisne Judge, Gold Coast, since 1912", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December...

Ireland – 8 September 1912) was a barrister King's Inns Dublin 1871, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Bombay, 1873–87; President of the Bombay Branch...

presides from the centre chair. If the chief justice is absent, the senior puisne judge presides. The chief justice chairs the Canadian Judicial Council, which...

on the High Court on 10 September 1943. Puisne judge Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain was the first Muslim judge of the High Court. He retired as Home and...