[4] Use is rare outside of, usually internal, court (judicial) procedural decisions as to which judge(s) will sit or has sat in hearings or appeals.
The term is dated in detailed, academic case law analyses and, to varying degree direct applicability in higher courts.
In Bermuda, the Supreme Court comprises the Chief Justice and a number of puisne judges.
[8][9] In Gibraltar, puisne judges, of which there must be at least one, are responsible for family law proceedings in the Supreme Court.
[15] The maximum number of puisne judges permitted in England and Wales at any one time is the full-time equivalent of 108.