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Webster 1913 Edition

Mesne

Mesne

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mesne

MESNE

,
Adj.
meen. In 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 this case,he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and called the mesne lord.
Mesne process, that part of the proceedings in a suit which intervenes between the original process or writ and the final issue, and which issues, pending the suit, on some collateral matter; and sometimes it is understood to be the whole process preceding the execution.
Mesne profits, the profits of an estate which accrue to a tenant in possession, after the demise of the lessor.

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