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mesne
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Word definitions for mesne in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "mean;" altered spelling (by French influence) of Anglo-French meen "mean" (Old French meien "middle;" see mean (adj.); also see demesne ).
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mesne (an Anglo-French legal form of the O. Fr. meien , mod. moyen , mean, Med. Lat. medianus , in the middle, cf. English mean ), middle or intermediate, an adjective used in several legal phrases. A mesne lord is a landlord who has tenants holding under ...
Usage examples of mesne.
Now that Godfrey had been killed in a recent skirmish between royal and rebel troops near Gloucester and had had no living heir--his son having died three years before in the war,--the castle and des mesne had been granted to Baron Alain de Treville, by King Stephen.
Punishment must be fast and severe if discipline was to be maintained on his des mesne and, from what she had seen of him, he would role with an iron hand and not encased in a soft leather glove, either!
My hold on this castle and the des mesne must be absolute, and my ville ins and serfs made to be aware that I will brook no trace of indisci-pline.
Two men were accused of failing to do des mesne work which was their duty and each was fined and dismissed.
You will continue to serve me and whoever succeeds me to the des mesne of Allestone.
Sir Rainaid, to inform you that my husband is away from the castle on business on the des mesne but I expect him back very shortly.
Fire De mesne, seeking to ally our Demesnes through marriage between King Kelver and Jinian, the only sister Men dost had to offer.
It became a mesne borough by the charter granted by John in 1201, which provided that the town should be a free borough, the burgesses to be free and quit of all tolls, and made William de Briwere overlord.
Probably the solidi thus paid to him are mesne rents received by the King and accounted for to Theodahad.
Henry, being mesne lord and also natural guardian to his son and daughter-in-law, put himself in possession of that principality, and annexed it for the present to his other great dominions.
An important alteration in the law took place this session, in the abolition of imprisonment for debt on mesne process.
Having effected this object it seemed but right to abolish imprisonment on mesne process.
Burton was evidently a mesne borough under the abbot, who held the court of the manor and received the profits of the borough according to the charter of Henry I.
Probably the solidi thus paid to him are mesne rents received by the King and accounted for to Theodahad.