mesne
Example Sentences
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Earl township, Pa., assignees, by mesne assignments, of Martin W. Zimmerman and John Zimmerman.
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
In technical phrase, we believe, he warned Mr. Percy that Sharpe his attorney had directions to commence a suit against him for the mesne rents.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Edgeworth, Maria
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.
No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
