mesne process
1Mesne process — Mesne Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) 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 …
2Mesne process — Process Proc ess, n. [F. proc[ e]s, L. processus. See {Proceed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. Long process of time. Milton. [1913 Webster] The thoughts of men are widened with …
3mesne process — / mēn / n [mesne intermediate, intervening, from Anglo French, alteration of Old French meien middle, from Latin medianus, from medius middle]: process (as a writ) issued in the course of a proceeding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …
4mesne process — Process issued between the beginning of a suit and final judgment, especially process in invoking a provisional remedy, such as attachment or civil arrest …
5mesne process — /ˈmin proʊsɛs/ (say meen prohses) noun Law an intervening process in the progress of a suit or action between its beginning and end …
6mesne process — noun : all process issued after the commencement by original writ or any modern substitute therefor and before the termination of a lawsuit by a writ of execution …
7Mesne — Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) 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… …
8Mesne profits — Mesne Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) 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 …
9Mesne — (an Anglo French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. mean ), middle or intermediate, an adjective used in several legal phrases. A mesne lord is a landlord who has tenants holding under him,… …
10mesne — I adjective coming between, interfering, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intervenient, intervening, mean, median, middle, transitional associated concepts: mesne attachment, mesne grant, mesne process, mesne profits II index intermediate …
