mesne
Example Sentences
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Vavassors, that is, mesne tenants, are particularly mentioned in one enumeration of barons attending the court.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The mesne profits you have received and appropriated since Squire Trevlyn's death.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
Before 1183, Dunster had become a mesne borough, owned by the de Mohuns until the 14th century when it passed to the Luttrells, the present owners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
There are many stories of this kind, and it was an obvious result of the system of arrest on mesne process.
From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry
In 1205 Farnham had bailiffs, and in 1207 it was definitely a mesne borough under the bishops of Winchester.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
