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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Mesne \Mesne\, a. [Cf. Mean intermediate.] (Law)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Mesne \Mesne\, a. [Cf. Mean intermediate.] (Law)
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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mesne
Old French a.
(alternative form of fro moien)
Old French n.
(alternative form of fro moien)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mesne
a.
(lb en legal) intermediate.
n.
(lb en legal) A mesne lord.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mesne
Old French a.
(alternative form of fro moien)
Old French n.
(alternative form of fro moien)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mesne
Old French a.
(alternative form of fro moien)
Old French n.
(alternative form of fro moien)
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
mesne /mˈiːn/
mezidoby
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
mesne /mˈiːn/
1. (huk.) orta, mutavassıt.
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]
MESNE. The middle between two extremes, that part between the commencement
and the end, as it relates to time.
2. Hence the profits which a man receives between disseisin and
recovery of lands are called mesne profits. (q.v.) Process which is issued
in a suit between the original and final process, is called mesne process.
(q.v.)
3. In England, the word mesne also applies to a dignity: those persons
who hold lordships or manors of some superior who is called lord paramount,
and grant the same to inferior persons, are called mesne lords.
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]
MESNE, WRIT of. The name of an ancient writ, which lies when: the lord
paramount distrains on the tenant paravail; the latter shall have a writ of
mesne against the lord who is mesne. F. N. B. 316.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 中的,中间的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 中的,中间的
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