mesne
Example Sentences
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Earl township, Pa., assignees, by mesne assignments, of Martin W. Zimmerman and John Zimmerman.
Was it to ask him about the mesne profits?—when he could refund them?—to tell him he would be sued, unless he did refund them?
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
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
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
No alliance was actually formed between the king and the mesne nobility against the immediate baronage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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