Mesne

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Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord whoholds 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 tothe second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesneprocess, intermediate process; process intervening between thebeginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the wholeprocess preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill.-- Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time the owner hasbeen wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.