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Soon after I came into the salon Mr. Wood, the Puisne Judge, a very genial, elderly man, called and took me to his house, where I found a very pleasant party, Sir Thomas Sidgreaves, the Chief
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Puisne Judges, the members of the Executive Council, five in number, being a Court of Appeal; and the Governor, with an assistant, formed a
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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There were but three Judges of the King's Bench, in the country, the Chief Justice Campbell and two Puisne Judges.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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LL. D., was one of the leaders of the Bar in Montreal, a professor of Civil and International Law in McGill University, and a Puisne Judge in Quebec He entered the House of Commons in 1908 and became Minister of Justice in 1911.
The Establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice 1921
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Puisne Judges, was drafted ready to be brought into operation so soon as circumstances permitted.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 1898
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Few, if any, receive anything like the emoluments attaching to the position of County Court Judge, and I know of only one case in which a Professor's income, to the delight and envy of all the teaching profession, actually, for a few years, soared somewhat near the empyrean of a Puisne Judge's reward.
Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893
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Catholics were contending, the honour of being chief-mourners or pall-bearers to the country; but surely no man will contend that every barrister may not speculate upon the possibility of being a Puisne
Political Pamphlets George Saintsbury 1889
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Legislature, of the appointment of two Puisne Judges and constitution of
Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, John Forrest 1882
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Attorney-General, was appointed to a Puisne Judgeship, which he held only for a day or two, in order to qualify him for a seat on a new Court of Appeal; together with a very similar trick, by which
Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake William Tuckwell 1874
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Anthony Dudley, 43, was appointed last week and further judicial appointments are expected to be announced shortly in relation to the Puisne judges.
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