MĪse, n.

(meez), n. [Fr. mise, from mis, mise, p. p. of mettre, to put, lay, from Lat. mittere, to send.]

1. (Law.) The issue in a writ of right.
2. Expense; cost; disbursement.
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 county Palatine of Chester, at the change of the owner of the earldoms.