[attrib.](Law)(in the UK and some other countries) denoting a judge of a superior court inferior in rank to chief justices (律)(英国等国家)普通法官的,助理法官的
语源
late 16th cent. (as a noun, denoting a junior or inferior person): from Old French, from puis (from Latin postea 'afterwards') + ne 'born' (from Latin natus). Compare with puny