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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC |
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MESNE (an Anglo-French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. " mean ") , middle
adjective used in several legal phrases. A mesne lord is one who has tenants holding under him, while himself holding of a superior lord. Mesne process was such process as intervened between the beginning and end of a suit (see PROCESS). Mesne profits are profits derived from land
possession , and may be claimed in damages for trespass' either in a separate
land
plaintiff
possession , his title during the period for which he claims, the fact that the defendant
costs
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