Mesne

s Middle, intermediate, intervening: as, mesne or a mesne — assignment, incumbrance, lord, process, profits, qq. v. MESSAGrE.9 1.

A communication from the President to Congress.

1 State V. Durham, 72 N. C. 449 (1875); Commonwealth V. Dean, 109 Mass. 351 (1872); 1 Bish. Cr. L. §§ 786, 804. MBl. Com.-6. 3 See 1 Chitty, Contr. •181. * Blakely v. Frazier, 11 S. C. 134 (1877), Willard, C. J.; Dill V. Moon, 14 id.

339 (1880). = [Holthouse's Law Diet. See 18 Pa. 354; 65 id. 476. = St. John ii. West, 4 How. Pr. *331-32 (1850), Selden, J. 'Eahn v. Gunnison, 12 Wis. *533 (1860), Paine, J.; Oatman v. Bond, 16 id. *25 (1863). " He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." ^ An -" annual message " is delivered at the commencement of each session; a "special message," when particular information is to be communicated; a *' veto message," where a bill is returned unsigned. Prior to Jeffersoli's administration, messages were delivered orally." The sovereign of England communicates with the houses of Parliament by message, at the hands of a minister of the crown or a member of the royal household.' 2. In the sense of a communication by telegraph, see Telegraph.