Puisne
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
puisnee, pune, Z. /n In English law. Younger; later in time; the title by which the justices and barons of the several commonlaw courts are distinguished from the chief justice and chief baron.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
since born; the younger; as, a putsne judge, iS an associate judge.