Meaning of 'puisne'

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Meaning of ‘puisne’

3 definitions found.

puisne

Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] " A puisne date to eternity." Sir M. Hale.

Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]

(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. 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.

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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