mesne

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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 Hallam, Henry

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 Parry, Edward Abbott

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 Wood, Henry, Mrs.

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.

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