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mesne
The middle between two extremes, that part between the commencement and the end, as it relates to time.
2. Hence the profits which a man receives between disseisin and recovery of lands are called mesne profits. (q. v.) Process which is issued in a suit between the original and final process, is called mesne process. (q . v.)
3. In England, the word mesne also applies to a dignity: those persons who hold lordships or manors of some superior who is called lord paramount, and grant the same to inferior persons, are called mesne lords.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English