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Puisny :: Puisny (a.) Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.

Puisne :: Puisne (a.) Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent..

Puisne :: Puisne (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank..

King''s Bench :: King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation..

Puisne :: Puisne (a.) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer..

Puisne :: Puisne (a.) Puny; petty; unskilled.

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