mesne

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To successive priors, as mesne lords, it also owed its earliest municipal privileges.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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 Hallam, Henry

Lady," saith he, "the lordship of this castle hold I of yourself without mesne, and to you have I neither wish nor right to refuse it.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

The mesne profits you have received and appropriated since Squire Trevlyn's death.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

There are many stories of this kind, and it was an obvious result of the system of arrest on mesne process.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott