Puisne:
Junior or lower in rank, as opposed to the chief justice. For example, there are 8 puisne judges on the Supreme Court of Canada and a chief justice.
Puisne Judge A judge or justice other than the chief judge or chief justice of a court. Supernumerary Judge A judge who has the option to retire, but who instead chooses to sit half of the time of a full-time judge.
Related Terms: Puisne
Members of courts of law; a special independent group of people tasked within the constitution of a nation, with the resolution of disputes in regards to the constitution or any other law, or the interrelation thereof, ...
the lord chief justice of the king's bench is the principal coroner of England; the puisne judges of the king's bench are sovereign coroners - they may exercise their jurisdiction within any part of the realm, ...
By the old English law, when a man had a bastard son and he afterwards married the mother and by her had a legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, ...
In England and Wales the judiciary comprises -- in order of increasing seniority -- lay and stipendiary magistrates, circuit judges and Recorders, High Court (`puisne') judges, and the appelate (appeal) judges ...
 See also: Public, Court, Authority, Person, Judge
  
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