mesne (not comparable)
(legal) Intermediate.
mesne (plural mesnes)
(legal) A mesne lord.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mesne, a. Etym: [Cf. Mean intermediate.] (Law)
Definition: Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesne process, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill.
– Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
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