Puisne

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puisne \Puis"ne\, n.
     One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a
     judge of inferior rank.
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           It were not a work for puisnes and novices. --Bp. Hall.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puisne \Puis"ne\ (p[=u]"n[y^]), a. [See {Puny}.]
     1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] " A puisne
        date to eternity." --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
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     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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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PUISNE. Since born; the younger; as, a puisne judge, is an associate judge.