'Mesne' definitions:

Definition of 'Mesne'

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  • Mesne \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] Meso

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