ADMEASURE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To measure.

2.
v.

To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone.

3.
v.

The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

4.
v.

Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.

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