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What does puisne mean?

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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.
Application allowed with the costs reserved to court that hears appeal, to be heard by three judges one of whom can be a puisne judge to sit.
In the House of Lords they vote one by one, beginning with the junior, called the puisne baron.
Better ways were needed to explain the Council's mandate and process for complaints to puisne judges.
As a puisne judge I am entitled to disagree with what my colleagues have said, although I would prefer to follow them if I can.
Another part of it is providing an expatriate puisne judge, and it is important for the justice system that judges of an appropriate standard are appointed there.

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