mesne
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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
No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
On frequent occasions the petty adjoining "Chinesified" states, of which Lu was practically the mesne lord, are stated to have been "tainted with Eastern barbarian rites."
From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper
