mise Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mise noun
Etymology
F. mise a putting, setting, expense, fr. mis, mise, p. p. of mettre to put, lay, fr. LL. mittere to send.
Definitions
  1. (Law) The issue in a writ of right.
  2. Expense; cost; disbursement. Obs.
  3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. Obs.

Webster 1913