mesne
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In feudal times charters of privileges were granted, not only by the crown, but by mesne lords both lay and ecclesiastical, as well to communities, such as boroughs, gilds and religious foundations, as to individuals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
After this came all the mesne lords to do homage for their lands, and among them was Malise le Gai, Lord of Starning and Parrox.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
But, if these mesne tenants had possessed equal rights of voting with tenants in chief, it is impossible to conceive that they would have thought of claiming so unreasonable an exemption.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
No alliance was actually formed between the king and the mesne nobility against the immediate baronage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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