Mise

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mise \Mise\, n. [F. mise a putting, setting, expense, fr. mis,
     mise, p. p. of mettre to put, lay, fr. LL. mittere to send.]
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     1. (Law) The issue in a writ of right.
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     2. Expense; cost; disbursement. [Obs.]
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     3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people
        to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in
        the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of
        the owner of the earldom. [Obs.]
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MISE, English law. In a writ of right which is intended to be tried by the 
  grand assize, the general issue is called the mise. Lawes, Civ. Pl. 111; 7 
  Cowen, 51. This word also signifies expenses, and it is so commonly used in 
  the entries of judgments in personal actions; as when the plaintiff 
  recovers, the judgment is quod recuperet damna sua for such value, and pro 
  mises et custagiis for costs and charges for so much, &c.