mesne
Example Sentences
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The mesne profits you have received and appropriated since Squire Trevlyn's death.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
Lord Cottenham introduced Bill to abolish arrest on mesne process.
From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott
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
Was it to ask him about the mesne profits?—when he could refund them?—to tell him he would be sued, unless he did refund them?
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
After this came all the mesne lords to do homage for their lands, and among them was Malise le Gai, Lord of Starning and Parrox.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
