puissa
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I am not now in London, Upon a hall day marching with the puisnes, Twenty on's in a teame, to Westminster In our torne gownes, embroiderd with Strand dirt, To heare the Law.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
In the reign of George I. the salaries of the common law judges were raised—the pensions of the chiefs being doubled, and the puisnes receiving fifteen hundred instead of a thousand pounds.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
