Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
mean or mesne — A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time. Average, having an intermediate value between two extremes or between the several successive values of variable quantity during one cycle of variation. Western & Southern … Black's law dictionary
mean — or mesne A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time. Average, having an intermediate value between two extremes or between the several successive values of variable quantity during one cycle of variation. Western & … Black's law dictionary
mean — or mesne A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time. Average, having an intermediate value between two extremes or between the several successive values of variable quantity during one cycle of variation. Western & … Black's law dictionary
mesne — I adjective coming between, interfering, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intervenient, intervening, mean, median, middle, transitional associated concepts: mesne attachment, mesne grant, mesne process, mesne profits II index intermediate … Law dictionary
Mesne — (an Anglo French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. mean ), middle or intermediate, an adjective used in several legal phrases. A mesne lord is a landlord who has tenants holding under him,… … Wikipedia
Mesne profits — Mesne (pronounced mean ) profits are sums of money paid for the occupation of land to a person with right of immediate occupation, where no permission has been given for that occupation.[1][2] The concept is feudal in origin, and common in… … Wikipedia
Mesne — Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mesne process — Mesne Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mesne profits — Mesne Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mesne — (adj.) mid 15c., mean; altered spelling (by French influence) of Anglo Fr. meen mean (O.Fr. meien middle; see MEAN (Cf. mean) (adj.); also Cf. DEMESNE (Cf. demesne)) … Etymology dictionary
