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mesnalty

[meen-l-tee]
noun Law.
  1. the estate of a mesne lord.
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Origin of mesnalty

1535–45; < Anglo-French me(s)nalte, equivalent to mesnal (see mesne, -al1) + -te -ty2
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British Dictionary definitions for mesnalty

mesnalty

noun plural -ties
  1. history the lands of a mesne lord
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Word Origin

C16: from legal French, from mesne
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