The Provincial Court of Nova Scotia is the court of

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for the

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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

. There are twenty-three

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and one Chief Justice on the bench, who sit in one of 33 locations over the province. The Justices are appointed by the province.

Judges

Current Judges

Supernumerary Judges

Previous Judges

References

External links

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Nova_Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...