mesne
[ meen ]
/ min /
adjective Law.
intermediate or intervening.
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Origin of mesne
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, spelling variant of meen mean3
Words nearby mesne
mesmer, mesmeric, mesmerism, mesmerize, mesnalty, mesne, mesne lord, meso-, mesoamerica, mesoappendix, mesobenthos
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British Dictionary definitions for mesne
mesne
/ (miːn) /
adjective law
intermediate or intervening: used esp of any assignment of property before the lasta mesne assignment
mesne profits rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
Word Origin for mesne
C15: from legal French meien in the middle, mean ³
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