mise

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See mease.
• noun Outlay; disbursement; expenditure.
• noun 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.
• noun Arbitration, or a settlement or agreement reached by arbitration. See phrases below.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Law) The issue in a writ of right.
• noun obsolete Expense; cost; disbursement.
• noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun law The issue in a writ of right.
• noun obsolete Expense; cost; disbursement.
• noun 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.