mesne

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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

But, if these mesne tenants had possessed equal rights of voting with tenants in chief, it is impossible to conceive that they would have thought of claiming so unreasonable an exemption.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

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

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.

No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady