Puisne is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PUISNE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a puisne judge
• One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.
• judge of lower rank
ADJECTIVE:
• puny; surviving as a term applied to certain junior judges, also PUISNY
• (in the UK and some other countries) denoting a judge of a superior court inferior in rank to chief justices.
• (esp of a subordinate judge) of lower rank
• 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.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• one of lesser rank

Words related to PUISNE

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Words that contain PUISNE

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How to use PUISNE in a sentence

• The chief and puisne judges are raised to their situations from amongst the class which includes the white men and planters.
• Ingleby, the chief-justice and two puisne judges of our court.
• Brougham, in a different spirit, proposed that L500 a-year should be taken from the salary of the puisne judges, but that alteration was also rejected.
• In the House of Lords they vote one by one, beginning with the junior, called the puisne baron.
• The puisne of the House of Lords at that time was John Hervey, created Baron and Peer in 1703, from whom is descended the Marquis of Bristol.

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