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Mesne (pronounced as “meen;” but also “meien” and “mean”) is an Anglo-French term that translates to intermediate or intervening (or the middle point between two extremes) in legal context. The Bouvier Law Dictionary explains that the term mesne was frequently used in feudal law to depict the role of a person or interest subordinate to one person's role or interest but superior to another's. The word was used in varied forms, such as, mesne lord, mesne process, mesne profits, etc. A mesne lord is a landlord who has tenants holding under him, while himself was answerable to a superior lord. Mesne process is a writ issued in the course of a lawsuit between the beginning and end of the process. Mesne profits are profits derived from land while in wrongful possession. Today, the term is seldom used except for the phrase “mesne profits.”

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mesne process

• A directive such as a writ, issued during a legal proceeding
• The court issued a mesne process as a part of the ongoing legal suit.
• The accused was unserved, necessitating the need for a mesne process.
• The legal dispute was further complicated by the introduction of a mesne process.
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MESNE CONVEYANCE Definition & Legal Meaning

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An intermediate conveyance; one occupying an intermediate position in a chain of title between the first grantee and the present holder.

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Bloomer v. McQuewan, 55 U.S. 539 (1852)

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Bloomer v. McQuewan

55 U.S. (14 How.) 539

The patent for Woodworth's planing machine was extended from 1842 to 1843, by the Board of commissioners.

Under that extension, this Court decided, in Wilson v. Rousseau , 4 How. 688, that an assignee had a right to continue the use of the machine which he then had.

In 1845, Congress, by a special act, extended the time still further from 1849 to 1856. Under that extension, an assignee has still the same right.

By the cases of Evans v. Eaton , 3 Wheat. 548, and Wilson v. Rousseau , 4 How. 688, these two propositions are settled, viz.:

1. That a special act of Congress in favor of a patentee extending the time beyond that originally limited must be considered as engrafted on the general law.

2. That under the general law in force when this special act of Congress was passed, a party who had purchased the right to use a planing machine during the period to which the patent was first limited was entitled to continue to use it during the extension authorized by that law unless there is something in the law itself to forbid it.

But there is nothing in the act of Congress passed in 1845 forbidding such use, and therefore the assignee has the right.

MR. JUSTICE CURTIS, having been of counsel, did not sit on the trial of this cause, and MR. JUSTICE WAYNE was absent.

This appeal was a bill filed by Bloomer, who claimed under Wilson,, the assignee of Woodworth's planing machine. The whole of

Page 55 U. S. 540

Wilson's title is set forth in the report of the case of Wilson v. Rousseau , 4 How. 646, as is also the Act of Congress passed on 26 February, 1845, 4 How. 45 U. S. 662 , extending the patent for seven years from 27 December, 1849.

McQuewan claimed, through two mesne assignments from Woodworth and Strong, by virtue of a license granted on 8 November, 1833.

The bill and answer covered a great deal of ground which needs not be noticed in this report.

Amongst other averments was this -- that the license conveyed no right to use the machine during the extension for seven years from 1849 under the act of Congress passed in 1845, and the decision of the court being in favor of the defendants below upon this point, it is unnecessary to state all the points and arguments upon other matters.

The court below were divided in opinion, and the bill was of course dismissed. Bloomer appealed to this Court.

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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. Litt. 23a. Mesne assignment. If A. grant a lease of land to B., andB. assign his interest to C, and” . in his turn assign his interest therein to D., in this case the assignments so made by B. and C would be termed “mesne assignments;” that is, they would be assignments intervening between A.’s original grant and the vesting of D. ‘8 interest in the land under the last assignment Brown. Mesne incumbrance. An intermediate charge, burden, or liability; an incumbrance which has been created or has attached to property between two given periods. Mesne lord. In old English law. A middle or intermediate lord; a lord who held of a superior lord. 2 Bl. Comm. 59. More commonly termed a “mesne,” (q. v.) Mesne, writ of. An ancient and abolished writ, which was when the lord paramount distrained on the tenant paravail. The latter had a writ of mesne against the mesne lord.” As to mesne “Conveyance,” “Process,” and “Profits,” see those titles.

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Concept of mesne assignment in the context of real property.

A short definition of Mesne Assignment: Assignment from A to B to C to D would be described as passing from A by “mesne assignments” to D.

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A quick definition of mesne agreement:

A mesne agreement is when someone transfers their ownership of something they created, like a song or a book, to someone else through a middle person instead of giving it directly to them. This middle person is usually called an assignee.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A mesne agreement is a transfer of intellectual-property rights through an intermediary , usually an assignee, rather than directly from the property's creator.

Example: Company A creates a new software program and wants to transfer the intellectual-property rights to Company C. Instead of transferring the rights directly to Company C, Company A transfers the rights to Company B, who then transfers the rights to Company C. This is a mesne agreement.

This type of agreement is common in business transactions where there are multiple parties involved in the transfer of intellectual-property rights. It allows for a more streamlined process and can provide additional legal protections for all parties involved.

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An assignment from X to Y, then from Y to Z, then from Z to A would be described as passing from X by mesne assignments to A. Any assignment before the last one.

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intermediate or intervening.

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How to use mesne in a sentence

An important alteration in the law took place this session, in the abolition of imprisonment for debt on mesne process.

Having effected this object it seemed but right to abolish imprisonment on mesne process.

Resigned to accept position of Register of mesne Conveyances, a very important office which he held for several years.

Vavassors, that is, mesne tenants, are particularly mentioned in one enumeration of barons attending the court.

The point of particular reform aimed at by the Bill was to abolish what was called arrest on mesne process.

British Dictionary definitions for mesne

/ ( miːn ) /

intermediate or intervening: used esp of any assignment of property before the last : a mesne assignment

mesne profits rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Anglo-French mesne, meiene — more at mean

circa 1558, in the meaning defined above

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