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  • MESCROYANT
    A term used in the ancient books to designate an infidel or unbeliever.
  • MESE
    A. house and its appurtenance. Cowell.
  • MESNE
    Intermediate; intervening; the middle between two extremes, especially of rank or time. An intermediate lor,d; a lord who. stood between a tenant and the chief lord; a lord who was also a tenant "Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant hojdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence." Co. More...
  • MESNALTY, OR MESNALITY
    A manor held under a superior lord. The estate of a mesne.
  • MESS BRIEF
    In Danish sea law. One of a ship's papers; a certificate of admeasurement granted at the home port of a vessel by the government or by some other competent authority. Jac. Sea Laws, 51.
  • MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN
    In English law. The method of communicating between the sovereign and the house of parliament. A written message under the royal sign-manual is brought by a member of the house, being a minister of the crown or one of the royal household. Verbal messages are also sometimes delivered. May. Pari. More...
  • MESSAGE, PRESIDENT'S
    An annual communication from the president of the United States to congress, made at or near the beginning of each session, embodying his views on the state and exigencies of national affairs, suggestions and recommends tions for legislation, and other matters. Const U. S. art. 2, % 3.
  • MESSARIUS
    In old English law. A chief servant in husbandry; a bailiff.
  • MESSE THANE
    One who said mass; a priest Cowell.
  • MESSENGER
    One who bears messages or errands; a ministerial officer employed by executive officers, legislative bodies, and courts of justice, whose service consists principally in carrying verbal or written communications or executing other orders. In Scotland there are officers attached to the courts, called "messengers at arms." An officer attached te More...
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