mesne

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There were times when he thought he should have to come upon Lionel Verner for the mesne profits, he observed.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Bail in civil matters, since the abolition of arrest on mesne process, is virtually extinct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

For the charter was sealed and seisin delivered in the presence of Dom Galors, almoner of the Abbey, of Master Porges, seneschal of High March, and of one or two mesne lords of those parts.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

This and many another case was before My Lords and known to the intelligent Commons when the question of the abolition of arrest on mesne process came up for discussion in 1837.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott