MESNE

Etymology

Adjective

mesne (not comparable)

(legal) Intermediate.

Noun

mesne (plural mesnes)

(legal) A mesne lord.

Anagrams

• Semen, menes, mense, mesen, neems, semen

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



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