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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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Uniquely among Council committees, the Judges Computer Advisory Committee draws most of its members from the ranks of puisne judges.
However, involving puisne judges in the initial stage of reviewing complaints would be quite a different matter.
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.
The Committee supports the continued involvement of puisne judges at that stage.
The Supreme Court is constituted by a judge, the Chief Justice or one of several puisne judges, with or without assessors.
The two northern ones, with their vast populations and immense amount of work, are the bugbear of the puisne judge.

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