PUISNES
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)
Definition: 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, n.
Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition