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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.
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