mesne
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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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
They'll probably, ere long, find their way in that direction—for how," replied Mr. Quirk, "he's ever to make up, poor devil, the mesne profits"—— "Mean profits?—is that all you call them, gents?
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
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 Henry Hallam
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 Mrs. Henry Wood
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 Maria Edgeworth
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