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Puisne

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年少的;下屬的;後的;其次的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puisne \Puis"ne\ (p[=u]"n[y^]), a. [See {Puny}.]
   1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] `` A puisne
      date to eternity.'' --Sir M. Hale.

   2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]

   3. (Law) 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.
      --Blackstone.

Puisne \Puis"ne\, n.
   One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a
   judge of inferior rank.

         It were not a work for puisnes and novices. --Bp. Hall.
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