mesne
Example Sentences
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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 Mrs. Henry Wood
The writ is specially endorsed with the plaintiff’s claim to recover the land with or without rent or mesne profits, and summary judgment obtained if no substantial defence is disclosed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
But in no case shall the person of the defendant be imprisoned for the debt, though the process, whether original, mesne, or final, be for the form sake directed against his person.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
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
