Puisne

(pū'ny), a. [O. Fr. puisné, N. Fr. puiné, from Fr. puis, since, afterward, Lat. post, and né, born, Lat. natus.]

1. Later in age, time, and the like. [Obs.] “A puisne date to eternity.” Hale.
2. The same as PUNY. [Obs.] “A puisne tilter that spurs his horse but on one side.” Shak.
3. (Law.) Younger or inferior in rank; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer. Blackstone.