mesne
American
[meen]
/ min /
adjective
Law.
mesne
British
/ miːn /
adjective
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intermediate or intervening: used esp of any assignment of property before the last
a mesne assignment
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rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
Etymology
Origin of mesne
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, spelling variant of meen mean 3
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