mesne
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Earl township, Pa., assignees, by mesne assignments, of Martin W. Zimmerman and John Zimmerman.
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
Probably the solidi thus paid to him are mesne rents received by the King and accounted for to Theodahad.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
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
No married woman is liable to arrest either on mesne or final process.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady