The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" (meaning judge ) of the English Exchequer of Pleas . "In the absence of both the Treasurer of the Exchequer or First Lord of the Treasury , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , it was he who presided in the equity court and answered the bar i.e. spoke for the court." Practically speaking, he held the most important office of the Exchequer of Pleas.
6-420: The chief baron, along with the three puisne barons, sat as a court of common law , heard suits in the court of equity and settled revenue disputes. A puisne baron was styled "Mr Baron X" and the chief baron as "Lord Chief Baron X". From 1550 to 1579, there was a major distinction between the chief baron and the second, third and fourth puisne barons. The difference was in social status and education . All of
12-827: The Common Pleas , and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ). Puisne courts existed as lower courts in the early stages in the judiciary in British North America , in particular Upper Canada and Lower Canada . The justices of the Supreme Court of Canada other than the Chief Justice are still referred to as puisne justices . In England and Wales , a puisne mortgage is a mortgage over an unregistered estate in land where
18-587: The chief barons had been trained as lawyers in the inns of court . With the exception of Henry Bradshaw and Sir Clement Higham , both barristers -at-law, all of the chief barons who served Queen Elizabeth I , had attained the highest and most prestigious rank of a lawyer, serjeant-at-law . In 1875, the Court of Exchequer became the Exchequer Division of the High Court . Following the death of
24-551: The last chief baron in 1880, the division and that of Common Pleas were merged into the King's Bench Division . Puisne Puisne ( / ˈ p juː n i / ; from Old French puisné , modern puîné , "later born, younger" (and thence, "inferior") from late Latin post- , "after", and natus , "born") is a legal term of art used mainly in British English meaning "inferior in rank". The judges and barons of
30-469: The mortgagee (lender) does not take possession of the title deeds from the mortgagor (borrower) as security . A puisne mortgage may be registered with HM Land Registry as a Class C(i) Land Charge under the Land Charges Act 1972 , although even if such a mortgage is registered it will not necessarily be enforceable. Puisne mortgages are generally a second or subsequent mortgage, and in
36-650: The national common law courts at Westminster , other than those having a distinct title, were called puisne. This was reinforced by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 following which a " puisne judge " is officially any of those of the High Court other than the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice of England and the Master of the Rolls (plus the abolished positions of Lord Chief Justice of
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