In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MESNES
Noun
mesnes
plural of mesne
Anagrams
• meness, menses
Source: Wiktionary
MESNE
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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