Puisne /(pū"ny̆)/

Puis·ne

Puisne

a.
  1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.]
  2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
  3. 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. (Law)

Puisne

n.
  1. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
    It were not a work for puisnes and novices.