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Definition of Puisne
1. a. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
2. n. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
Definition of Puisne
1. Adjective. (legal) Inferior in rank. A puisne justice of a court is a judge other than the chief justice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puisne
1. one of lesser rank [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puisne
Literary usage of Puisne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond, Thomas Day (1824)
"Though the mulier puisne was an infant at the time of the descent. Co. L. 244.
a. Dub. PI. Com. 372. a. Though the mulier was a feme covert. Co. L. 244. a. ..."
2. The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the by Joseph Haydn (1851)
"John Trenchard, chief justice, 1 Wm. and M. Lyttleton Powis, puisne judge, ...
William Draper Best, king's Serjeant, puisne justice, 53 Geo. ..."
3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"His Professional Progress, 146. lie is a puisne Judge, ... He is made King's
Sergeant, 150. lie goes over to the Yorkists, 151. lie is made a puisne Judge, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgagesby Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams by Richard Holmes Coote, Sydney Edward Williams (1904)
"With regard to the proviso at the end of sect. 42, protecting a puisne ...
The proviso does not extend to give to a puisne ..."
5. History of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official Records by Robert Montgomery Martin (1843)
"And which said chief justice and puisne judges shall from time to time be nominated
and appointed to such their offices by us, our heirs and successors, ..."
6. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"... case of bastard eigne (an elder son, born before the marriage of his parents)
and mulier puisne (a legitimate son, whose elder brother is illegitimate). ..."
7. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1853)
"In the latter year, we certainly know that he took his seat on the bench as a
puisne Judge, or Justiciar ; and, from thence till 1263, extant records prove ..."
8. Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham: Lord Chancellors and Keepers of by John Campbell Campbell (1869)
"He always declared the doctrine, and acted upon it, that the holder of the Great
Seal has the exclusive right of appointing the puisne judges, ..."
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