Admeasure
Admeasure (?; 135) , transitive verb
[Compare Old French amesurer, Late Latin 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.