1. puisne - Noun
2. puisne - Adjective
Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
Puny; petty; unskilled.
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.
One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis oath must be administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada or a puisne justice and, though not demanded, this is usually done during a swearing-in ceremony in the Canadian Senate chamber. Source: Internet
The ruling published today says the findings of dishonesty by Puisne Judge Adrian Jack against RBS Manager Howard Shaw "were unjustified & should not have been made". Source: Internet
Outside legal contexts, the formal terms of address are "Judge" (for puisne justices) or "Chief Justice" (for chief justices). Source: Internet