Mise

noun

1. See mease.
2. Outlay; disbursement; expenditure.
3. 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.
4. Arbitration, or a settlement or agreement reached by arbitration. See phrases below.
5. The issue in a writ of right.