A puisne judge or Puisne Justice ( /ˈpjuːni/; French: puisné or puîné, "junior") is a regular member of a Court, as opposed to head the court or ex officio members (e.g. the Chancellor of the High Court with respect to the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. The term is used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Gibraltar, Kenya, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, and formerly in Hong Kong. Although a common law jurisdiction, the term is not used in the United States, where the most similar term is "associate justice", used in relation to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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