Intermediate; intervening; the middle between two extremes, especially of rank or time.
An intermediate lor,d; a lord who. stood between a tenant and the chief lord; a lord who was also a tenant “Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant hojdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence.” Co. Litt. 23a. Mesne assignment. If A. grant a lease of land to B., andB. assign his interest to C, and” . in his turn assign his interest therein to D., in this case the assignments so made by B. and C would be termed “mesne assignments;” that is, they would be assignments intervening between A.’s original grant and the vesting of D. ‘8 interest in the land under the last assignment Brown. Mesne incumbrance. An intermediate charge, burden, or liability; an incumbrance which has been created or has attached to property between two given periods. Mesne lord. In old English law. A middle or intermediate lord; a lord who held of a superior lord. 2 Bl. Comm. 59. More commonly termed a “mesne,” (q. v.) Mesne, writ of. An ancient and abolished writ, which was when the lord paramount distrained on the tenant paravail. The latter had a writ of mesne against the mesne lord.”
As to mesne “Conveyance,” “Process,” and “Profits,” see those titles.