ADMEASURE

admeasure

(verb) determine the quantity of someone’s share

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

admeasure (third-person singular simple present admeasures, present participle admeasuring, simple past and past participle admeasured)

(transitive) To measure.

(transitive) To apportion.

(transitive, law, obsolete) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*meas"ure, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.]

1. To measure.

2. (Law)

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

2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

3. (Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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