[pyoo-nee] 
| 1. | Law. younger; inferior in rank; junior, as in appointment. |
| 2. | an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice. |
| puis·ne (pyōō'nē) adj. Lower in rank; junior. n. One of lesser rank than another, especially an associate judge. [Old French puisne : puis, afterward (ultimately from Latin post; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + ne, born (from Latin nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots).] |
