mesne

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The point of particular reform aimed at by the Bill was to abolish what was called arrest on mesne process.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott

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

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.

For the charter was sealed and seisin delivered in the presence of Dom Galors, almoner of the Abbey, of Master Porges, seneschal of High March, and of one or two mesne lords of those parts.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

He would get the girl married to a mesne of the abbey, or stay! he would marry her elsewhere and get a dowry.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry