A manor held under a superior lord. The estate of a mesne.
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MESNE
Intermediate ; intervening; the middle between two extremes, especially of rank or time. An intermediate lord; a lord who stood between a tenant and the chief lord; a lord who […]
MESNE CONVEYANCE
An intermediate conveyance; one occupying an intermediate position in a chain of title between the first grantee and the present holder.
MESOTHELIOMA
Lungs and stomach lining disease caused by inhaling or ingesting asbestos fibers is this specific type of cancer. Also refer to asbestosis.
MESS BRIEF
In Danish sea law. One of a ship’s papers ; a certificate of admeas- urement granted at the home port of a vessel by the government or by some other […]
MESSAGE
From a communicator to a receiver, the central or primary content or information , or underlying idea or theme in an ad is transmitted.
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 […]
MESSAGE, PRESIDENT’S
pie, where a cause of action accrues to a woman while sole, and is sued for, after her marriage, by her husband and herself jointly, she is called the ” […]
MESSAGING
Transferring, by any medium of communication from one person or device to another, content or information , be it text, images, voice.
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 prin- cipally iu carrying verbal or written com- […]
MESSENGER ROBBERY INSURANCE
Insurance that covers property or money that is leaving the premises in someone’s possession, like an employee delivering items to a customer.
MESSUAGE
This term is now synonymous with ” dwelling-house ,” but had once a more extended signification . It is frequently used in deeds, in describing the premises. Marmet Co. v. […]
MESTIZO
A mongrel or person of mixed blood ; sometimes used as equivalent to “octoroon,” that is, the child of a white person and a quadroon, sometimes as denoting a person […]
META
Lat. A goal, bound, or turning-point. In old English law , the term was used to denote a bouud or boundary line of land; a landmark; a material object, as […]
META-CRAFTSMANSHIP
Customer service, leadership, management, quality improvement , and re- engineering efforts share concepts tied together in this specific unifying term.
METABOLISM
Essential to life and well being within a living organism chemical and physical processes that are continually occurring together make up this specific activity. Various enzymes work on complex food […]
METACHRONISM
An error In computation of time.
METAL
Chemical element characterized (1) as a good heat and electricity conductor, (2) as opaque but when polished reflects light very well, (3) as malleable, (4) as processable into wires, (5) […]
METALLUM
Lat. In Bomjn law. Metal ; a mine. Labor in mines, as a punishment for crime. Dig. 40, 5, 24, 5; Calvin.
METALLURGY
Formulation of metal alloys, uses of metals, and the recovery, refining, properties technology as this specific science.
METAPHOR
Method of using two very different items to extend a word’s scope of a word, showing agreement to illustrate a point, or to correspond as an analogy in details between […]
METAPLAN
A system for gathering and arranging ideas, information , or data in a collaboration group environment . A manual metaplan strategy usually begins with collecting the data on cards, then […]
METAPROBLEM
An issue underlying several other problems. Essential to resolving these problems is understanding , and possibly resolving, this underlying issue. For example, society, or a section of a society, is […]