Puisne
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
In law French, junior; younger. In English courts, the judges, other than the chief judge, have long been termed puisne judges. Thus this judicial title corresponds to associate justice in American courts, while " associate," in English courts, is a title of different and inferior meaning.
See Associate.