Editing Associate justice (section)

{{short description|Title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions}}
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An '''associate justice''' or '''associate judge'''  (or simply '''associate''') is a [[judicial panel]] member who is not the [[Chief Justice|chief justice]] in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and some [[state supreme court]]s, and for some other courts in [[Commonwealth of Nations]] countries, as well as for members of the [[Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia]], a former United States [[United Nations Trust Territories|Trust Territory]].<ref>[http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr012810.htm "The Federated States of Micronesia Mourns the loss of one of its Founding Fathers: Chief Justice Andon Amaraich"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001123838/http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr012810.htm |date=2010-10-01 }}, Government of the F.S. Micronesia, January 28, 2010</ref> In other [[common law]] jurisdictions, the equivalent position is called "[[Puisne Justice]]".