Ad*meas"ure (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.]
1.
To measure.
2. Law
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
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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