Meaning & use
Mesne
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Occupying a middle or intermediate position, especially in a legal chain of ownership or tenancy.
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The mesne landlord held the property from the crown but leased it in turn to tenant farmers.
The court awarded mesne profits for the period the defendant wrongfully occupied the land.
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Pronounced like 'mean,' this Anglo-Norman legal term survives mainly in the phrase 'mesne profits,' the income a landlord loses during unlawful occupation.
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