puisne meaning

Noun: puisne  pyoonee

1. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank

Adjective: puisne  pyoonee

1. 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

Derived forms: puisnes

Encyclopedia: Puisne

[Law]
adj. [from Old French puisne,later born) Inferior; of lesser rank.

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1. He was acting Puisne Judge between February 1898 and January 1899.
2. His father was puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay.
3. He is also a puisne judge of the Gauhati High Court.
4. After 1830, Rough was appointed a puisne judge in Ceylon.
5. His son, Kenneth Vincent Brown was a Senior Puisne Judge.