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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Puisne \Puis"ne\, noun 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Puisne \Puis"ne\ (p[=u]"n[y^]), adjective [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) 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.
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