mise

[ meez, mahyz ]

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noun

a settlement or agreement.
Law. the issue in a proceeding instituted on a writ of right.

Origin of mise

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French: “a putting, setting down (e.g. of expenses),” noun use of feminine of mis “set down,” from Latin missus, past participle of mittere “to send, bestow”

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How to use mise in a sentence

Then we move on, and we require [Austrian economists Ludwig] von Mises and [Friedrich von] Hayek as well.
What Paul Ryan Learned From Ayn Rand | Anne C. Heller | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Michele Bachmann, for instance, insists that “When I go on vacation and I lay [sic] on the beach, I bring Von Mises.”
Obama’s Revealing Book Bag | Michael Medved | August 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
As a reason for her lies, she said, "qu'elle avait voulu faire comme les dames que l'on avait mises dans le journal."
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Moll
Notes et correspondance, mises en ordre et publies par M. Chipon et L. Pingaud.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
One of the sections is termed the chambre des mises en accusation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 | Various

Pour leur faire confesser leurs complices, qu'elles seront mises la question en Justice avant que d'etre executes.
Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands | John Linwood Pitts
Mises, like Moses, also engraved his laws on tables of stone.
The Bible Of Bibles; | Kersey Graves

British Dictionary definitions for mise

mise

/ (miːz, maɪz) /

nounlaw

the issue in the obsolete writ of right
an agreed settlement

Origin of mise

C15: from Old French: action of putting, from mettre to put

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