mesne
Example Sentences
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Vavassors, that is, mesne tenants, are particularly mentioned in one enumeration of barons attending the court.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
Probably the solidi thus paid to him are mesne rents received by the King and accounted for to Theodahad.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin
The “shirra” has a demesne in letters as broad as a countryside, a band of mesne vassals and a host of Eildon hillsmen, Tweedside cottiers, minor feudatories and forest retainers attached to the “Abbotsford Hunt.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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 Mrs. Henry Wood
They'll probably, ere long, find their way in that direction—for how," replied Mr. Quirk, "he's ever to make up, poor devil, the mesne profits"—— "Mean profits?—is that all you call them, gents?
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
