mesneadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/miːn/, U.S.

/min/

Forms: Middle English–1600s measne, Middle English– mesne, late Middle English meosne, 1500s–1700s mesn, 1600s–1700s measn.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Law French. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Law French mesne; French mesne, mene.

Etymology: Probably < Law French mesne (adjective and noun) and its etymon Anglo-Norman mesne, variant of mene (see mean adj.² and mean n.³), although in Middle English apparently identified with senses of mean adj.², mean n.³, and mean adv.¹ and probably apprehended simply as variants of those words. Middle Eng. Dict. (s.vv. mēne adv., mēn(e-tīme n. and adv., mēne n. (3)) takes the Middle English examples below to be variants of mean adj.², mean n.³, and mean adv.¹, and suggests that at least the noun uses (see sense C. 1) may arise within English from metathesis of originally plural forms (see frequent use in plural form with singular sense and vice versa at mean n.³).

Law in later use.

†A. adv.

At an intervening time (between two other times). Cf. mean adv.¹ 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile

all the whilec888

to whilec950

the whilec960

amongOE

emethena1300

to whilesa1300

therewhilesc1320

that whilesc1330

i-whilesa1340

in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340

in the meanwhilea1375

(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382

in the mean season (also space)a1382

the mean seasona1382

the meanwhilea1382

in the meantimec1384

for the meanwhilec1390

in the mean(s) whilesc1390

the whilesa1400

the whilsta1400

whilsta1400

(in) the meanwhile that?1418

therewhilec1430

mesne1439

meanwhile1440

for the meantime1480

while1508

in the while1542

in the mean1565

in the mean way1569

interim1580

in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593

meantimea1593

this while1594

mean space1600

among-hands?1609

between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647

ad interim1701

per interim1724

interimistically1890

1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 17/2 Mesne bitwene ye date of ye seide Writte and ye dai of ye retourne yereof.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. xi. §806. 360 As if the day of payment of the Annuitie bee incurred Mesne after his admission, and his induction.

B. adj.

†a. in the mesne time: = in the meantime at meantime n. 1. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 23/2 In the mesne tyme..no processe..be made for the Kyng ayens the seid Priour.

a1450 Complaint J. Brome in Warwickshire Antiquarian Mag. (1869) 4 182 (MED) In the mesne tyme, such as weren in the said place..shot at hem.

b. Law. Occurring or performed at a time intermediate between two given dates. Later only in compounds: see Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adjective] > intervening > at a time between two dates

meana1382

mesnea1558

a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 84^v Where the king is to be answered of the mesne issues and profits perceued and taken of any landes which [etc.].

1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 7 That no man shall be questioned by reason hereof, for measne rates, or wastes, saving wilfull wastes.

2. Esp. of a person: intermediate, intervening.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > acting as intermediate agent > specifically of person

mediate1571–2

middling1631

intermediating1694

mesne1812

intermediate1855

1812 J. Marshall in W. Cranch Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 6 129 Neither..James Greenleaf, nor..Peck, nor any of the mesne vendors between..Greenleaf and Peck, had any notice [etc.].

1844 Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 459/2 The office, thus established by law, is precisely in the nature of an office of ordinary, of mesne conveyance, of the Secretary of State.

1884 Q. Rev. Jan. 161 One or more of the middlemen or mesne lessees.

1943 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 316 355 The Government deraigned title through a grant by the Mexican Governor of California to one Castro, and certain mesne conveyances by Castro and his grantees.

1991 Estates Gaz. Law Rep. II. 84/1 The principle to which I refer is that where there is a grant of a subtenancy for the term equal to or in excess of the remainder of the term vested in a mesne landlord the subtenancy operates as an assignment by operation of law of the lease vested in the mesne landlord.

†C. n.

a. = mean n.³ 3a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means

keyOE

toolc1000

wherewithc1230

ministerc1380

meanc1390

instrumenta1425

organ?a1425

mesne1447

moyen1449

handlec1450

hackneya1500

receipta1500

operative1526

ingine1531

appliance1555

agent1579

matter1580

mids1581

wedge1581

wherewithal1583

shoeing-horn1587

engine1589

instrumental1598

Roaring Meg1598

procurement1601

organy1605

vehicle1615

vehiculuma1617

executioner1646

facility1652

operatory1660

instrumentality1663

expedient1665

agency1684

bladea1713

mechanic1924

mechanism1924

1447 Rolls of Parl. V. 130/1 Execute by such processe and meosnes, as it shall seme hym resonable.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 39/1 To aredye youre self by all measnes..to..passe with an Arme roiall to the parties outward.

b. = mean n.³ 7a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > mean

middlingOE

middlelOE

meanc1450

neutralityc1475

moyen1484

temper?1523

mediety1573

medium1593

temperature1598

temperament1604

intermedial1605

median1635

intermediate1650

average1737

middle term1754

mesne1821

intermediacy1836

intermediary1865

1821 C. Butler Additions to Hist. Mem. Catholics III. p. xxxix, 240 These are extreme cases,—the application of them to the mesne is not very difficult.

2. Feudal Law.

a. In full writ of mesne. A writ by which a tenant could recover damages from a mesne lord whose failure to perform services owed to a superior lord had led the latter to distrain chattels on the tenant's land. Obsolete.The tenant would also receive a judgment obliging the mesne lord to acquit him against the superior lord in future.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs to claim or recover property

writ of aiela1325

replevin1465

action of detinue1467

formedon1495

writ of mesnec1523

livery?1530

post-disseisin1532

cape1588

writ of besaile1598

escheat1607

praecipe quod reddat1607

recaption1607

monstrance of right1651

writ of tresayle1772

c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. E. 6/2 Mesne is a wryt & it lyeth where ther be lord mesne and tenaunt and the lorde aboue dystraynyth the tenaunt.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 48 The writ of mesne, because it is in the realty, ought alwaies to suppose the husband and wife to be mesnes.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §432. 186 If there be Lord, Mesne, and tenant,..and the tenant bringing a writ of Mesne against the Mesne, and foreiudge him, and the mesne dyeth, y^e wife of y^e Mesne shall have dower of the rent.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 14 A fine may be levied on every writ by which lands may be demanded... Such as a writ of mesne.

b. Short for mesne lord n. at Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > (feudal) superior > holding of a superior lord

mesne?1530

mean lord1535

mesne lord1611

lord mesne1656

?1530 Questyon Tayled Lande in St. German's Dyaloge in Englysshe sig. r.iii^v Assyse may lye for the lorde..agaynst the mesne only.

1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 162 If a Lord doth wrong to his man, by reason of his Fee, the Court then appertains to the Duke, if there be no Mesne or Middle-Lord, between the Duke and him, which by reason of his Fee, may have the Court.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mesn, or Measn,..signifying him that is Lord of a Manor.

Compounds

mesne encumbrance n. Law (now rare) an encumbrance whose right of priority is intermediate between the dates of two other encumbrances.

ΚΠ

1812 D. A. Tyng Rep. Supreme Court Mass. 6 26 When the deed is enrolled, it has relation back to the delivery, for the benefit of the bargainee, to avoid all mesne incumbrance.

1914 Maine Rep. 111 196 An estate acquired by levy of execution relates back to the time of attachment on mesne process (if there was one), to avoid mesne incumbrances.

† mesne land n. Feudal Law Obsolete rare = mesnalty n.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 41 He racketh vp our rentes and keepes the best in hand, He makes a wondrous deale of good out of his own measne land.

mesne lord n. Feudal Law (now historical) a lord who holds his seignory from a superior lord and is intermediate lord between that lord (the lord paramount) and his own tenant (the tenant paravail).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > (feudal) superior > holding of a superior lord

mesne?1530

mean lord1535

mesne lord1611

lord mesne1656

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vavassorie, a Valuasserie; th'estate, land, or territorie of a Vavassor, Mesne Lord.

1772 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) II. App. ii. 122 Men..whose duty was immediately paid to the mesne lord that was interposed between them and the throne.

1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. Heraldry x. 236 The mesne lord did not, as a customary practice.., imitate the insignia of his feudal chief.

mesne process n. Law the process employed in a lawsuit and authorized by the court to ensure the initial appearance of a defendant.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > part of proceedings in

mesne processa1625

a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 436 Mesne processe which is for any necessarie act to be done, not onely for the plaintife against the defendant, but for ether of them against any other.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5953/1 He had been committed by Mesne Process.

1856 L. S. Cushing Lex Parliamentaria Amer. 33 One who is imprisoned for debt, either on mesne process, or in execution..will be entitled to be discharged from his imprisonment for the purpose of attending his duty.

1978 Bodl. Libr. Rec. 10 30 Mesne process was entered by the filazers; but, once the defendant appeared, the pleadings and all subsequent proceedings were normally entered by the prothonotaries.

mesne profits n. Law the profits of an estate received by a tenant whose possession is deemed wrongful and for which he is answerable to a third party (not necessarily the landlord).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > other types of profit

improvement?1449

mesne profitsa1558

intromissionc1650

emergencya1662

trading profit1717

building-rent1776

turn1796

sturt1850

redemption yield1921

hidden reserve1930

a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 84^v Where the king is to be answered of the mesne issues and profits perceued and taken of any landes which [etc.].

1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 137 That [where a bishop has died] the Mesne profits of the widow church be secured by the Oeconomus.

1985 All Eng. Law Rep. 2 1022 I must now deal with the claim to recover the moneys as mesne profits for the receivers' own trespass.

mesne tenant n. now historical a tenant who holds an estate from a mesne lord.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > one holding of a mesne lord

meana1325

mesne tenant1853

1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. Introd. 24 The mesne tenants of the great barons.

1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. Heraldry x. 232 The theory of derivative coats having been adopted by mesne tenants from their feudal superiors.

1954 W. G. Hoskins Devon v. 89 According to Burnard..the classes below the tenant-in-chief, the mesne tenants, and the thanes..rank as follows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesne
释义	mesneadv.adj.n. Brit. /miːn/, U.S. /min/ Forms: Middle English–1600s measne, Middle English– mesne, late Middle English meosne, 1500s–1700s mesn, 1600s–1700s measn. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Law French. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Law French mesne; French mesne, mene. Etymology: Probably < Law French mesne (adjective and noun) and its etymon Anglo-Norman mesne, variant of mene (see mean adj.² and mean n.³), although in Middle English apparently identified with senses of mean adj.², mean n.³, and mean adv.¹ and probably apprehended simply as variants of those words. Middle Eng. Dict. (s.vv. mēne adv., mēn(e-tīme n. and adv., mēne n. (3)) takes the Middle English examples below to be variants of mean adj.², mean n.³, and mean adv.¹, and suggests that at least the noun uses (see sense C. 1) may arise within English from metathesis of originally plural forms (see frequent use in plural form with singular sense and vice versa at mean n.³). Law in later use. †A. adv. At an intervening time (between two other times). Cf. mean adv.¹ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile all the whilec888 to whilec950 the whilec960 amongOE emethena1300 to whilesa1300 therewhilesc1320 that whilesc1330 i-whilesa1340 in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340 in the meanwhilea1375 (all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382 in the mean season (also space)a1382 the mean seasona1382 the meanwhilea1382 in the meantimec1384 for the meanwhilec1390 in the mean(s) whilesc1390 the whilesa1400 the whilsta1400 whilsta1400 (in) the meanwhile that?1418 therewhilec1430 mesne1439 meanwhile1440 for the meantime1480 while1508 in the while1542 in the mean1565 in the mean way1569 interim1580 in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593 meantimea1593 this while1594 mean space1600 among-hands?1609 between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647 ad interim1701 per interim1724 interimistically1890 1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 17/2 Mesne bitwene ye date of ye seide Writte and ye dai of ye retourne yereof. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. xi. §806. 360 As if the day of payment of the Annuitie bee incurred Mesne after his admission, and his induction. B. adj. 1. †a. in the mesne time: = in the meantime at meantime n. 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 23/2 In the mesne tyme..no processe..be made for the Kyng ayens the seid Priour. a1450 Complaint J. Brome in Warwickshire Antiquarian Mag. (1869) 4 182 (MED) In the mesne tyme, such as weren in the said place..shot at hem. b. Law. Occurring or performed at a time intermediate between two given dates. Later only in compounds: see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adjective] > intervening > at a time between two dates meana1382 mesnea1558 a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 84^v Where the king is to be answered of the mesne issues and profits perceued and taken of any landes which [etc.]. 1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 7 That no man shall be questioned by reason hereof, for measne rates, or wastes, saving wilfull wastes. 2. Esp. of a person: intermediate, intervening. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > acting as intermediate agent > specifically of person mediate1571–2 middling1631 intermediating1694 mesne1812 intermediate1855 1812 J. Marshall in W. Cranch Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 6 129 Neither..James Greenleaf, nor..Peck, nor any of the mesne vendors between..Greenleaf and Peck, had any notice [etc.]. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 459/2 The office, thus established by law, is precisely in the nature of an office of ordinary, of mesne conveyance, of the Secretary of State. 1884 Q. Rev. Jan. 161 One or more of the middlemen or mesne lessees. 1943 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 316 355 The Government deraigned title through a grant by the Mexican Governor of California to one Castro, and certain mesne conveyances by Castro and his grantees. 1991 Estates Gaz. Law Rep. II. 84/1 The principle to which I refer is that where there is a grant of a subtenancy for the term equal to or in excess of the remainder of the term vested in a mesne landlord the subtenancy operates as an assignment by operation of law of the lease vested in the mesne landlord. †C. n. 1. a. = mean n.³ 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means keyOE toolc1000 wherewithc1230 ministerc1380 meanc1390 instrumenta1425 organ?a1425 mesne1447 moyen1449 handlec1450 hackneya1500 receipta1500 operative1526 ingine1531 appliance1555 agent1579 matter1580 mids1581 wedge1581 wherewithal1583 shoeing-horn1587 engine1589 instrumental1598 Roaring Meg1598 procurement1601 organy1605 vehicle1615 vehiculuma1617 executioner1646 facility1652 operatory1660 instrumentality1663 expedient1665 agency1684 bladea1713 mechanic1924 mechanism1924 1447 Rolls of Parl. V. 130/1 Execute by such processe and meosnes, as it shall seme hym resonable. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 39/1 To aredye youre self by all measnes..to..passe with an Arme roiall to the parties outward. b. = mean n.³ 7a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > mean middlingOE middlelOE meanc1450 neutralityc1475 moyen1484 temper?1523 mediety1573 medium1593 temperature1598 temperament1604 intermedial1605 median1635 intermediate1650 average1737 middle term1754 mesne1821 intermediacy1836 intermediary1865 1821 C. Butler Additions to Hist. Mem. Catholics III. p. xxxix, 240 These are extreme cases,—the application of them to the mesne is not very difficult. 2. Feudal Law. a. In full writ of mesne. A writ by which a tenant could recover damages from a mesne lord whose failure to perform services owed to a superior lord had led the latter to distrain chattels on the tenant's land. Obsolete.The tenant would also receive a judgment obliging the mesne lord to acquit him against the superior lord in future. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs to claim or recover property writ of aiela1325 replevin1465 action of detinue1467 formedon1495 writ of mesnec1523 livery?1530 post-disseisin1532 cape1588 writ of besaile1598 escheat1607 praecipe quod reddat1607 recaption1607 monstrance of right1651 writ of tresayle1772 c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. E. 6/2 Mesne is a wryt & it lyeth where ther be lord mesne and tenaunt and the lorde aboue dystraynyth the tenaunt. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 48 The writ of mesne, because it is in the realty, ought alwaies to suppose the husband and wife to be mesnes. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §432. 186 If there be Lord, Mesne, and tenant,..and the tenant bringing a writ of Mesne against the Mesne, and foreiudge him, and the mesne dyeth, y^e wife of y^e Mesne shall have dower of the rent. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 14 A fine may be levied on every writ by which lands may be demanded... Such as a writ of mesne. b. Short for mesne lord n. at Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > (feudal) superior > holding of a superior lord mesne?1530 mean lord1535 mesne lord1611 lord mesne1656 ?1530 Questyon Tayled Lande in St. German's Dyaloge in Englysshe sig. r.iii^v Assyse may lye for the lorde..agaynst the mesne only. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §432. 186 If there be Lord, Mesne, and tenant,..and the tenant bringing a writ of Mesne against the Mesne, and foreiudge him, and the mesne dyeth, y^e wife of y^e Mesne shall have dower of the rent. 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 162 If a Lord doth wrong to his man, by reason of his Fee, the Court then appertains to the Duke, if there be no Mesne or Middle-Lord, between the Duke and him, which by reason of his Fee, may have the Court. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mesn, or Measn,..signifying him that is Lord of a Manor. Compounds mesne encumbrance n. Law (now rare) an encumbrance whose right of priority is intermediate between the dates of two other encumbrances. ΚΠ 1812 D. A. Tyng Rep. Supreme Court Mass. 6 26 When the deed is enrolled, it has relation back to the delivery, for the benefit of the bargainee, to avoid all mesne incumbrance. 1914 Maine Rep. 111 196 An estate acquired by levy of execution relates back to the time of attachment on mesne process (if there was one), to avoid mesne incumbrances. † mesne land n. Feudal Law Obsolete rare = mesnalty n. ΘΚΠ 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 a1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 41 He racketh vp our rentes and keepes the best in hand, He makes a wondrous deale of good out of his own measne land. mesne lord n. Feudal Law (now historical) a lord who holds his seignory from a superior lord and is intermediate lord between that lord (the lord paramount) and his own tenant (the tenant paravail). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > (feudal) superior > holding of a superior lord mesne?1530 mean lord1535 mesne lord1611 lord mesne1656 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vavassorie, a Valuasserie; th'estate, land, or territorie of a Vavassor, Mesne Lord. 1772 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) II. App. ii. 122 Men..whose duty was immediately paid to the mesne lord that was interposed between them and the throne. 1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. Heraldry x. 236 The mesne lord did not, as a customary practice.., imitate the insignia of his feudal chief. mesne process n. Law the process employed in a lawsuit and authorized by the court to ensure the initial appearance of a defendant. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > part of proceedings in mesne processa1625 a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 436 Mesne processe which is for any necessarie act to be done, not onely for the plaintife against the defendant, but for ether of them against any other. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5953/1 He had been committed by Mesne Process. 1856 L. S. Cushing Lex Parliamentaria Amer. 33 One who is imprisoned for debt, either on mesne process, or in execution..will be entitled to be discharged from his imprisonment for the purpose of attending his duty. 1978 Bodl. Libr. Rec. 10 30 Mesne process was entered by the filazers; but, once the defendant appeared, the pleadings and all subsequent proceedings were normally entered by the prothonotaries. mesne profits n. Law the profits of an estate received by a tenant whose possession is deemed wrongful and for which he is answerable to a third party (not necessarily the landlord). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > other types of profit improvement?1449 mesne profitsa1558 intromissionc1650 emergencya1662 trading profit1717 building-rent1776 turn1796 sturt1850 redemption yield1921 hidden reserve1930 a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 84^v Where the king is to be answered of the mesne issues and profits perceued and taken of any landes which [etc.]. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 137 That [where a bishop has died] the Mesne profits of the widow church be secured by the Oeconomus. 1985 All Eng. Law Rep. 2 1022 I must now deal with the claim to recover the moneys as mesne profits for the receivers' own trespass. mesne tenant n. now historical a tenant who holds an estate from a mesne lord. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > one holding of a mesne lord meana1325 mesne tenant1853 1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. Introd. 24 The mesne tenants of the great barons. 1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. Heraldry x. 232 The theory of derivative coats having been adopted by mesne tenants from their feudal superiors. 1954 W. G. Hoskins Devon v. 89 According to Burnard..the classes below the tenant-in-chief, the mesne tenants, and the thanes..rank as follows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.1439
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