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Webster 1913 Edition
Puisne
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.
Puis′ne
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Puisne
PUISNE
,Adj.
1.
In law, younger or inferior in rank; as a chief justice and three puisne justices of the court of common please; the puisne barons of the court of exchequer.2.
Later in date. [Not used.]