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MESNE [9 records]

Record 1 2015-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Agriculture - General
DEF

The mode of feudal tenure of tenements of land in any ancient borough, or burgh, held of the King or a mesne lord by the burgesses for fixed rents or services.

OBS

This tenure ranked as a form of socage, and was subject to various local customs, notably that of borough-English ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
DEF

Sorte de tenure libre médiévale propre à certains bourgs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Real Estate
DEF

Rents and profits obtained from the land by one who is in unlawful possession of the land and who holds it against the true owner.

CONT

Profits derived from land whilst the possession of it has been improperly withheld : that is, the yearly value of the premises. Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have, received or made during his occupation of the premises, and which therefore he must pay over to the true owner as compensation for the tort which he has committed.

OBS

mesne profits : term usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • mesne profit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Immobilier
DEF

Bénéfices obtenus pendant qu'une personne occupait illégitimement les lieux d'une autre personne.

OBS

bénéfices intermédiaires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • bénéfice intermédiaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

An action for mesne profits is an action of trespass brought to recover profits derived from land whilst the possession of it was improperly withheld, that is, the yearly value of the premises. Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have received or made during his occupation of the premises, and which, therefore, he must pay over to the true owner as compensation for the tort which he has committed. A claim for rent is therefore liquidated, while a claim for mesne profits is always unliquidated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
DEF

Action pour recouvrer des bénéfices intermédiaires illégitimes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

... the lowest tenant; being he who was supposed to make avail, or profit of the land.

CONT

In the law of tenure, if A held land in fee of B, and B held the same land in fee of C, then C was the lord paramount, and he had the seignory paramount, as opposed to A, the tenant paravail, and B the mesne....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Police
DEF

Hist. Arrest in a civil case before trial takes place.

CONT

One provision provides for preventive arrest when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a terrorist activity will be carried out and there is reasonable suspicion ...

CONT

An arrest on mesne process is made in order that the defendant shall answer, after judgment, to satisfy the claim of the plaintiff; on being arrested, the defendant is entitled to be liberated on giving sufficient bail, which the officer is bound to take.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Police
DEF

Processus où une instance ressemblant à un grand jury autoriserait la détention de gens soupçonnés ou présumés présenter un risque d'activité terroriste.

CONT

L'une de ses dispositions autorise l'arrestation préventive lorsqu'il existe des motifs raisonnables de croire qu'une activité terroriste sera mise en exécution [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Where a superior landlord distrains on a sub-lessee for rent due to him from the mesne lessee and the sub-lessee owes rent to his immediate lessor, the amount realized by the distress is a satisfaction "pro tanto" of the rent due by the sub-lessee to his landlord....(Williams’, 4th ed., 1973, p. 115).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

preneur intermédiaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Any conveyance between the first conveyance and the last conveyance of property; ordinarily in the chain of title. The word "mesne" has been defined as "intermediate, intervening, the middle between two extremes".(Cartwright, 1972, p. 216)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

transport intermédiaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Mesne landlord refers to the grantor of a sublease.(Macmillan, p. 7)

CONT

A provision against assigning without the consent of the head landlord will become in the underlease a provision against assigning without the consent of the intermediate landlord. ... (Halsbury, 4th ed., vol. 27, p. 66).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

locateur intermédiaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
OBS

mesne : meen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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