The profits of an estate received by a tenant in wrongful possession and recoverable by the landlord.
〔律〕中间收益（指佃户人非法占有地产期间的收益，可由地主追回）
Example sentencesExamples
Please note that Housing Benefit is available in respect of mesne profits.
The nearest analogy is a claim for mesne profits.
During that time, the subtenant on the land will be in the position of a trespasser, and as such can be required to pay mesne profits to the landlord.
An action for mesne profits, unlike ejectment, allows the claimant to claim damages for his loss during the period that he has been dispossessed.
Here, the plaintiff's claim to mesne profits is dependent upon it showing that as between it and the defendant, it was entitled to possession of the property.
In each case the owner (the Ministry of Defence) sought mesne profits on the basis of the open market rental value of the premises.
Definition of mesne profits in US English:
mesne profits
plural noun
Law
The profits of an estate received by a tenant in wrongful possession and recoverable by the landlord.
〔律〕中间收益（指佃户人非法占有地产期间的收益，可由地主追回）
Example sentencesExamples
Please note that Housing Benefit is available in respect of mesne profits.
An action for mesne profits, unlike ejectment, allows the claimant to claim damages for his loss during the period that he has been dispossessed.
Here, the plaintiff's claim to mesne profits is dependent upon it showing that as between it and the defendant, it was entitled to possession of the property.
In each case the owner (the Ministry of Defence) sought mesne profits on the basis of the open market rental value of the premises.
During that time, the subtenant on the land will be in the position of a trespasser, and as such can be required to pay mesne profits to the landlord.