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` or Afterlehen in the Holy Roman Empire. He was thus an interme.....
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n] - a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
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noun a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
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