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Puisne (/ˈpjuːni/; from Old
French puisné,
modern puîné, "later born, younger" (and thence, "inferior") from late
Latin post-, "after", and natus, "born")...
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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...
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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,...
- the
Parliament building in Delhi. It
began with a
chief justice and two
puisne judges. The
first chief justice was Sir
Maurice Gwyer and the
other two...
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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...
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Denotes current justices Italics Acting Puisne Justice only ♦
Began as
Provisional or
Acting Puisne Justice ♠
Tenure demoted to de
facto List of...
- 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...
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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...
- A
justice of the
peace (JP) is a
judicial officer of a
lower or
puisne court,
elected or
appointed by
means of a
commission (letters patent) to keep the...