puisne Meaning, Definition & Usage

Puis"ne adjective
Etymology
See Puny.
Definitions
  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
Definitions
  1. 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 1913