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.
Besides the demesne manors of the lord seignior, six in number, there are some twelve mesne manors and fees belonging to the Penrice estate, and nearly twenty more belonging to various other owners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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
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
No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
