Category:Puisne

Puis"ne (pu"ny), a. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.

Puisne Puis"ne, n.

Defn: 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.