Mesne lord

A mesne lord was a lord in the feudal system who had vassals who held land from him, but who was himself the vassal of a higher lord. A mesne lord did not hold land directly of the king, that is to say he was not a tenant-in-chief. His subinfeudated estate was called a "mesne estate". He was thus an intermediate or "middle" tenant, which status is reflected in the mediaeval French word mesne, in modern French moyen.^[1]

Related links

• land tenure
• Quia Emptores

References

1. ^ Sir William Searle. "An historical introduction to the land law page 105 & page 106". Google Books Preview. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NscKQr-aqNIC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=mesne+lord&source=bl&ots=hgjzUJlaII&sig=kcA1p8sAx4037Hn5imxTY5RCg1A&hl=en&ei=tKxMTMPuLJKy0gSYoOmECw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwADgK#v=snippet&q=mesne%20lord&f=false. 

This European history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Men's social titles Noble titles Feudalism European history stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? Lyndall Urwick Pigeon Orchid Look at other dictionaries: mesne lord — n. a feudal lord holding land from a superior …   English World dictionary mesne lord — noun a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord • Hypernyms: ↑Lord, ↑noble, ↑nobleman * * * noun Etymology: translation of Anglo French seignior mesne, seignor mesne English law : a lord who holds land of a… …   Useful english dictionary 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.) …   Black's law dictionary 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.) …   Black's law dictionary mesne lord — (in old English law) an intermediate feudal lord; the tenant of a chief lord and a lord to his own tenants. [1605 15] * * * …   Universalium mesne lord — noun Date: 1611 a feudal lord who holds land as tenant of a superior (as a king) but who is lord to his own tenant …   New Collegiate Dictionary mesne lord — noun Brit. historical a lord holding an estate from a superior feudal lord …   English new terms dictionary mesne lord — /ˈmin lɔd/ (say meen lawd) noun History a feudal lord who held estate from a superior lord, and to whom his own tenants and vassals were inferior …   mesne lord — A lord in the middle, standing between those tenants holding of him and the king of England or lord paramount under whom he holds. De Peyster v Michael, 6 NY 467 …   Ballentine's law dictionary Mesne — Mesne, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”