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PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, modern pu...

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 640 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, See also:modern puine, later See also:born, inferior; See also:Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born)  , a See also:term in See also:law meaning " inferior in See also:rank." It is pronounced " puny," and the word, so spelt, has become an See also:ordinary See also:adjective meaning weak or undersized . The See also:judges and barons of the See also:common law courts at See also:Westminster, other than those having a distinct See also:title, were called See also:puisne . By the Supreme See also:Court of Judicature See also:Act 1877, a " puisne See also:judge " is defined as a judge of the High Court other than the See also:lord See also:chancellor, the lord See also:chief See also:justice of See also:England, the See also:master of the rolls, the lord chief justice of the common pleas, and the lord chief See also:baron, and their successors respectively . PU,IAH, or Poo7A, the See also:Hindu ceremonies in idol-See also:worship . Colloquially the word has come to be applied by Anglo-See also:Indians to any See also:kind of rite; thus " pujah of the See also:flag " is the See also:sepoy term for trooping of the See also:colours .

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