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单词 mesnality
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mesnalityn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mesne adj., -ality suffix.
Etymology: < mesne adj. + -ality suffix, as re-formation of mesnalty n., perhaps after commonality n. (Or perhaps in quot. 1643 simply an error for mesnalty n., subsequently taken up in quot. 1848.) N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mīnæ·lĭti) /miːˈnælɪtɪ/.
Feudal Law. Obsolete. rare.
= mesnalty n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief > held by a mesne lord
mesnalty1542
mesne landa1575
mesnality1643
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 100 As all Mesnalities..by the deaths of their Tenants without heire, returne..to those Lords..by whom they were originally created.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 421/1 Mesnality, a manor held under a superior lord.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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