mesne : Idioms & Phrases
mesne lord
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noun a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
WordNet
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.
Webster 1913
Mesne profits
- profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.