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Puisne [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. pu'ny.

2. 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.

3. Later in date. [Not used.]

Puisne [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.

2. Puny; petty; unskilled.

3. 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.

Puisne [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.