mise

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Outlay; disbursement; expenditure. Hence, in English history: A gift of cattle, produce, or money made to a superior as a commutation, or to secure immunity from taxes, fines, and other impositions; thus, formerly, in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid in the county palatine of Chester in England at the change of the owner of the earldom. The phrase the mise was often used to designate the revenue thus accruing to the crown or lord.
2. n. In common-law procedure, in a writ of right, a traverse by which both parties put the cause directly upon the question as to which had the better right. A traverse upon some collateral point in a writ of right was called an issue, as in other actions.
3. n. Arbitration, or a settlement or agreement reached by arbitration. See phrases below.
4. n. See mease.

Wiktionary

1. n. law The issue in a writ of right.
2. n. obsolete Expense; cost; disbursement.
3. n. obsolete 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.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Law) The issue in a writ of right.
2. n. obsolete Expense; cost; disbursement.
3. n. obsolete 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.