mesne

[ meen ]

/ min /

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adjective Law.

intermediate or intervening.

Origin of mesne

1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French, spelling variant of meenmean³

Words nearby mesne

Mesmer, mesmeric, mesmerism, mesmerize, mesnalty, mesne, mesne lord, meso-, Mesoamerica, mesoappendix, mesobenthos

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Example sentences from the Web for mesne

And it's not only what Mr. Aubrey will lose, but what he will be liable to—the mesne profits—sixty thousand pounds.
Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2)|Samuel Warren
The trouble arose where he could not summon the mesne grantor, and the new right was given him for that case alone.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
In 1205 Farnham had bailiffs, and in 1207 it was definitely a mesne borough under the bishops of Winchester.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various
The resident lord of a manor was often the mesne tenant of one of these greater lords.
The English Village Community|Frederic Seebohm

After the Conquest, if not before, Dacre was a mesne manor held of the barons of Greystoke by military suit and service.
Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country|John Pagen White

British Dictionary definitions for mesne

mesne

/ (miːn) /

adjective law

intermediate or intervening: used esp of any assignment of property before the lasta mesne assignment

mesne profits rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land

Word Origin for mesne

C15: from legal French meien in the middle, mean ³

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单词	mesne
释义	mesne [ meen ] / min / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mesne ON THESAURUS.COM adjective Law. intermediate or intervening. Origin of mesne 1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French, spelling variant of meenmean³ Words nearby mesne Mesmer, mesmeric, mesmerism, mesmerize, mesnalty, mesne, mesne lord, meso-, Mesoamerica, mesoappendix, mesobenthos Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mesne And it's not only what Mr. Aubrey will lose, but what he will be liable to—the mesne profits—sixty thousand pounds. Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2)\|Samuel Warren The trouble arose where he could not summon the mesne grantor, and the new right was given him for that case alone. The Common Law\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. In 1205 Farnham had bailiffs, and in 1207 it was definitely a mesne borough under the bishops of Winchester. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2\|Various The resident lord of a manor was often the mesne tenant of one of these greater lords. The English Village Community\|Frederic Seebohm After the Conquest, if not before, Dacre was a mesne manor held of the barons of Greystoke by military suit and service. Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country\|John Pagen White British Dictionary definitions for mesne mesne / (miːn) / adjective law intermediate or intervening: used esp of any assignment of property before the lasta mesne assignment mesne profits rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land Word Origin for mesne C15: from legal French meien in the middle, mean ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mesne householder, feudatory, landlady, mesne lord
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mesne

adjective Law.

Origin of mesne

Words nearby mesne

Example sentences from the Web for mesne

British Dictionary definitions for mesne

adjective law

Word Origin for mesne

Words related to mesne