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puisne


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puisne  \Puis"ne\  (p[=u]"n[y^]),  a.  [See  {Puny}.] 
  1.  Later  in  age,  time,  etc.;  subsequent.  [Obs.]  ``  A  puisne 
  date  to  eternity.''  --Sir  M.  Hale. 
 
  2.  Puny;  petty;  unskilled.  [Obs.] 
 
  3.  (Law)  Younger  or  inferior  in  rank;  junior;  associate;  as 
  a  chief  justice  and  three  puisne  justices  of  the  Court  of 
  Common  Pleas;  the  puisne  barons  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer. 
  --Blackstone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puisne  \Puis"ne\,  n. 
  One  who  is  younger,  or  of  inferior  rank;  a  junior;  esp.,  a 
  judge  of  inferior  rank. 
 
  It  were  not  a  work  for  puisnes  and  novices.  --Bp.  Hall.