Meaning of mesnalty | Babel Free

Definitions

The position or land of a mesne lord.

historical

Examples

“"In old English law. The estate or right of a mesne, (q. v.) Termes de la Ley". Alexander M. Burrill ... now shall the donee hold⟳ by twelve pence, for the mesnaltie which was four pence is extinct, and the law reserved the tenure upon the gift in taile, in respect⟳ of the mesnaltie, and when the mesnaltie is extinct, the former rent⟳ between the donor and donee is extinct also... Coke et al The judgement by the said statute of ... is a forejudger of the mesnalty, and that in two severall cases... Coke et al The other case is, where the tenant recovereth his acquitall in a writ of mesne, if he be not acquited afterwards, he shall have⟳ a writ of distringas ad acquietandum against the same mesne, and if he commeth not, he shall be forejudged by his default of the mesnality; and so if he commeth... Coke et al”

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