Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mean

A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things or time.

See Mesne.

The expected value of a random variable.

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Concept of Mean in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Mean: A middle point between two extremes; or an average, having an intermediate value between two extremes or between several successive values of variable quantity, such as mean low tide and mean high tide.

Concept of Mean in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Mean: A middle point between two extremes; or an average, having an intermediate value between two extremes or between several successive values of variable quantity, such as mean low tide and mean high tide.

Definition of Mean

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Mean: A measure of central tendency for data at the interval or ratio level of measurement, commonly called an average. Determined by summing the values or scores in a distribution and dividing by the number of values or scores. See: MEDIAN / MODE in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.

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Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Mean. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

Etimology of Mean

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low-quality, c. 1200, “shared by all,” from imene, from Old English gemæne “common, public, general, universal, shared by all,” from Proto-Germanic *ga-mainiz “possessed jointly” (source also of Old Frisian mene, Old Saxon gimeni, Middle Low German gemeine, Middle Dutch gemene, Dutch gemeen, German gemein, Gothic gamains “common”), from PIE *ko-moin-i- “held in common,” a compound adjective formed from collective prefix *ko- “together” (Proto-Germanic *ga-) + *moi-n-, suffixed form of PIE root *mei- (1) “to change, exchange” (see mutable). Compare second element in common (adj.), a word with a sense evolution parallel to that of this word. Of things, “inferior, second-rate,” from late 14c. (a secondary sense in Old English was “false, wicked”). Notion of “so-so, mediocre” led to confusion with mean; this term is also a noun. Meaning “inferior in rank or status” (of persons) emerged early 14c.; that of “ordinary” from late 14c.; that of “stingy, nasty” first recorded 1660s; weaker sense of “disobliging, pettily offensive” is from 1839, originally American English slang. Inverted sense of “remarkably good” (i.e. plays a mean saxophone) first recorded c. 1900, perhaps from phrase no mean _______ “not inferior” (1590s, also, “not average,” reflecting further confusion with mean; this term is also a noun.).