Puisne (/ˈpjuːni/; from Old French puisné, modern puîné, "later born, younger" (and thence, "inferior") from late Latin post-, "after", and natus, "born") is a legal term of art used mainly in British English meaning "inferior in rank".[1][2]
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^"Today's Word: puisne". Logophilius. 15 June 2009.
Puisne (/ˈpjuːni/; from Old French puisné, modern puîné, "later born, younger" (and thence, "inferior") from late Latin post-, "after", and natus, "born")...
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...
Maistre, Puisne judge from 1774 to 1777 on his death. John Hyde (judge), Puisne judge from 1774 to 1796 on his death. Robert Chambers, Puisne judge from...
Justice of Canada and five puisne justices), the Court was expanded to seven justices by the creation of an additional puisne justice position in 1927,...
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...
inherit the whole estate of the parents, to the exclusion of other siblings. Puisne mortgage n. an "inferior" mortgage, that is created on a property after...
tradition, a new chief justice is chosen from among the court's incumbent puisne justices. The chief justice has significant influence in the procedural...
generally referred to as the Chief Justice of Chester and the Second or Puisne Justice of Chester. Because the Cheshire justices were free to practise...
Pleas. The Barons consisted of a Chief Baron of the Exchequer and several puisne (inferior) barons. When Robert Shute was appointed second baron in June...
The 2003 Kenya Puisne Judges Tribunal was a Tribunal setup on 10 December 2003 to investigate the Conduct Of Puisne Judges of the High Court of Kenya following...
justice of Canada (or, if that position is vacant or unavailable, the senior puisne justice of the Supreme Court) serves as the administrator of the government...
chief justice, and Lala Bodh Raj Sawhney and Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain as puisne judges. The High Court sat at both the winter capital of Jammu, and the...
Supreme Court of Haiti, then to the vice-president of the court, and then to puisne judges in order of seniority. An election for president was required within...
Seven Sisters, a group of seven prominent Canadian law firms. Suzanne Côté, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Erin O'Toole, former Leader of the...
allowed, new trial ordered. Court membership Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley...
retirement on 18 March 1972 from the Allahabad High Court as its most senior puisne judge, Broome was the last former ICS officer of European origin serving...
Chief Justice Malcolm Rowe, current Puisne Judge Wishart Spence, former Puisne Judge Michelle O'Bonsawin, current Puisne Judge John Arnup, Moderator for United...
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...
highborn aristocrat, several divisional chief judges, and some of the other puisne judges. The Aulic Council held standing over many judicial disputes of state...
the following jurists to be appointed by the Governor-in-Council to be puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, one of whom, Beverley McLachlin...
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