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Messuage
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What's The Definition Of Messuage?
[n] (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
Synonyms | Synonyms for Messuage: Related Terms | Find terms related to Messuage: See Also | abode | domicile | dwelling | dwelling house | habitation | home Messuage In Webster's Dictionary \Mes"suage\ (?; 48), n. [Cf. OF. mesuage, masnage, LL.
messuagium, mansionaticum, fr. L. mansio, -onis, a staying,
remaining, dwelling, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, remain, E.
mansion, manse.] (Law)
A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage,
and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the
household. --Cowell. Bouvier.
They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds, To lands in
Kent, and messuages in York. --Tennyson.
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