About The Word Mesne
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Mesne
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What's The Definition Of Mesne?Synonyms | Synonyms for Mesne: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mesne: See Also | Mesne In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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