Editing Puisne judge (section)

{{short description|Ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank}}
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'''Puisne judge''' and '''puisne justice''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|juː|n|i}}) are terms for an ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank of a particular court.  The term comes from a combination of the two French words, {{lang|fr|puis}} (since, later) and {{lang|fr|né}} (born) which have been combined as {{langx|fr|puisné}} or {{lang|fr|puîné}}; meaning "junior".<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|puisne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Puisne|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/puisne|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323203329/https://www.lexico.com/definition/puisne|archive-date=March 23, 2020|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Lexico Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/puisne |dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary |title=puisne (adj.)}}</ref>