mesne
Example Sentences
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He would get the girl married to a mesne of the abbey, or stay! he would marry her elsewhere and get a dowry.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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.
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 Hodgkin, Thomas
Still the division into principal tenants, mesne tenants, and cotters is clearly discernible, and the principal tenants are called free in the manor itself as well as in the hamlets.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
He saw that Colonel Clifford would extort not only Walter's legacy, but what the lawyers call the mesne profits, that is to say, the interest and the various proceeds from the fraud during fourteen years.
From A Perilous Secret by Reade, Charles
