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Definition of Mesne lord
1. Noun. A feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesne Lord
Literary usage of Mesne lord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"And every time such pleas are attached for the said cause, the damages shall be
doubled. Distraint by a Superior Lord for Service paid to a mesne lord. ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"() And in such case the tenant shall have judgment to be quitted (or indemnified)
by the mesne lord: and if he makes default therein, or does not appear ..."
3. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1904)
"... he ought to discharge his debt against the superior chief lord who is distraining
and oppressing him. And if the said mesne lord will not discharge the ..."
4. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"One who is tenant of a mesne lord: as, where A is tenant of B, and С of A ; В is
the lord, A the meene lord, ..."
5. A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law: For the Use of Students by Archibald Brown (1874)
"A mesne lord was applied in tlio féodal times to the lord of a manor who had
tenante under him, and yet a superior lord over him, and so held an ..."
6. Commentaries on the Laws of England Applicable to Real Property by William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith (1880)
"The king, therefore, was styled lord paramount; A. was both tenant Tenants par-
and lord, or was a mesne lord; and B. was called tenant pa?1- holden of some ..."
7. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"In such case the tenant should have judgment to be acquitted or indemnified by
the mesne lord; and if he made default therein, or did not appear originally ..."
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