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...

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...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...