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Mulier puisne

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Puisny

Puisne younger inferior petty unskilled

Kings Bench

called because the king used to sit there in person It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne or junior justices During the reign of a queen it was called the Queens Bench Its jurisdiction was

Appeal, Court of (U.K.)

Lords Justices. The Judges may not sit on appeal from judgments to which they themselves were parties. A puisne judge is occasionally summoned to sit as an additional judge (s. 7). An appeal to this Court lies

Australia, Commonwealth of.

are vested in a High Court of Australia, consisting of a Chief Justice and not less than two puisne Judges (no qualification being named), appointed by the Governor-General in Council, and removable by him only on an

Bastard Eigne

natural son, and afterwards married the mother and by her had a legitimate son, the latter was mulier puisne, and the elder son bastard eigne, Watk. Descent. C. v. See Legitimacy Act, 1926 (c. 60) and LEGITIMATION.

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Act, 1875, s. 4). He had five (formerly four, until 31 & 32 Vict. c.125, see s. 11) puisne judge associated with him. In 1881, after the promotion of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge to the office of

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