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Part of Speech:

Adjective

Sense:

1. In legal context, referring to a person between two parties; intermediate or intervening.

2. In feudal law, referring to a lord who grants land to another person who then becomes a sub-tenant.

Sample Sentences:

1. The mesne agreement allowed the tenant to maintain possession of the property until the legal dispute was resolved.

2. As a mesne lord, he received rent from both the sub-tenant and the tenant holding land directly from him.

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