Puisne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpjuːni/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Puisne is an adjective meaning (law) Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior.
Meaning
(law) Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior.
More Meanings
- (now law) Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary.
- A person of puisne rank.
- (obsolete) Younger; junior.
- (obsolete) Insignificant, petty; ineffectual.
Example Sentences
a puisne date to eternity
the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer
it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discovery
But this intrigue of the ancient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed, affects to disbelieve. As she does also some puisne gallantries of her foolish brother […].
Word Forms
- puisnes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superior, upper, assistant, incumbrancer, judgeship, higher.
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