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Adjective
  1. (law) Inferior in rank. A puisne justice of a court is a judge other than the chief justice.
  2. (obsolete) Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
  3. (obsolete) Puny; petty; unskilled.
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After a quarter of a century of successful practice he was appointed 1808 a puisne judge of the Supreme Court.
The two northern ones, with their vast populations and immense amount of work, are the bugbear of the puisne judge.
In the House of Lords they vote one by one, beginning with the junior, called the puisne baron.
Uniquely among Council committees, the Judges Computer Advisory Committee draws most of its members from the ranks of puisne judges.
However, all had memberships that included lay persons, and almost all included puisne judges and lawyers.
However, involving puisne judges in the initial stage of reviewing complaints would be quite a different matter.

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