The issue in a writ of right When the tenant in a writ of right pleads that his title is better than the demandant’s, he is said to join the mise on the mere right
. Also expenses; costs; disbursements in an action. Mise-money. Money paid by way of contract or composition to purchase any liberty, etc. Blount.
Misera est servitus, nui jus est vagum aut incertum. It is a wretched state of slavery which subsists where the law is vague or uncertain. 4 Inst. 245; Broom, Max. 150.