Mesne

Intermediate; the middle between two extremes; that part between the commencement and the end, as it relates to time. Hence the profits which a man receives between disseisin and recovery of lands are called mesne profits. Process which is issued in a suit between the original and final process is called mesne process. An assignment made between the original grant and a subsequent assignment, is called a mesne assignment. Mesne incumbrances are intermediate charges, or incumbrances which have attached property between two given periods; as, between the purchase and the conveyance of land. In England, the word mesne also applies to a dignity; those persons who hold lordships or manors of some superior who is called lord paramount, and grant the same to inferior persons, are called mesne lords.