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MENSA

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Latin: Patrimony or goods and necessary things for livelihood. Jacob. A table; the table of a money changer. Dig. 2, 14, 47. Mensa et tnoro. From bed and board. See Divobce. … [Read more...]

MENSA ET THORO

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The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage. Vide Divorce. … [Read more...]

MENSALIA

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Parsonages or spiritual livings united to the tables of religious houses, and called "mensal benefices" amongst the canonists. Cowell. … [Read more...]

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