mesne
Example Sentences
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In fact, at the Peace Conference of 546, it was agreed between the two mesne lords that the vassals of Ts'u should pay their respects to Tsin, and vice versa.
From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper
The mesne profits you have received and appropriated since Squire Trevlyn's death.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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
Earl township, Pa., assignees, by mesne assignments, of Martin W. Zimmerman and John Zimmerman.
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
