Mesne

[mi:n]

解釋/意思:

(a.) 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 second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.

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解釋/意思:

adj. intermediate: applied to a writ issued between the beginning and end of a suit.—Mesne lord one who held land of a superior but had granted part of it to another person.

手打:蒙塔古