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...

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...

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

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...

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...

September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a Welsh philologist, orientalist and a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar...

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...

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...

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)...

judge and lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India since 2017 until upon his retirement in 2023. He has served as the first puisne judge...

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...

before independence Chief Justice Spens resigned, and the then seniormost puisne judge, Kania, became the first Indian to hold India's highest judicial office...

all divisional presiding justices and senior justices, assisted by a puisne judge from each division. The full court is the highest level of the Court...

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...

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...

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...

Sir John Vaughan PC (11 February 1768 – 25 September 1839) was an English judge. Vaughan was born at Leicester, the third but second surviving son of Dr...

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...

powers during World War II. On December 15, 1941, Casgrain was appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec and retired from politics. He died in...

28 April 1871) (1–12 October 1879, 9 January – 5 June 1888) Acted as Puisne Judge from 1 July – 13 November 1877 On leave (25 November 1890 – February...

International and Regional Organisations The Senior Puisne Judge The Solicitor General/Puisne Judges/Senior Chief Executives The Chief of Protocol The Commissioner...

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...

In June 2009 he was appointed to the High Court of Fiji as an acting Puisne judge by the military regime. In September 2011 he criticised the New Zealand...

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...

Free State. A few months afterwards he became second puisne judge, and in 1893 first puisne judge of the high court. His decisions won him a reputation...

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...

private conference and serving on the Supreme Court's cafeteria committee. Puisne judge "The Federated States of Micronesia Mourns the loss of one of its Founding...

African judge who has been Judge President of the Limpopo High Court since 1 December 2023. He joined that court in July 2016 as a puisne judge. Before...

includes a minimum of ten puisne judges. Parliament may also provide for the appointment of Masters of the High Court, or junior judges, with whatever powers...