Mesne
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
WRIT OF. The name of an ancient and now obsolete writ, which lies when the lord paramount distrains on the tenant para vail: the latter shall have a writ of mesne against the lord who is mesne. Fitzh. N. B. 316.