puisne judge meaning

[Law]
Any ordinary judge of the High Court. Puisne judges are referred to as (for example) "Mr Justice Smith", even though they are knighted upon appointment. They must be barristers of at least ten years' standing.

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1. He was acting Puisne Judge between February 1898 and January 1899.
2. His father was puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay.
3. He is also a puisne judge of the Gauhati High Court.
4. After 1830, Rough was appointed a puisne judge in Ceylon.
5. His son, Kenneth Vincent Brown was a Senior Puisne Judge.