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