Puis"ne (p&umac;"n&ycr;), a. [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.
© Webster 1913.
Puis"ne, n.
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.