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Definition of Messuage

1. Noun. (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household.

Definition of Messuage

1. n. A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.

Definition of Messuage

1. Noun. (chiefly legal) A plot of land as the site for a house; later, a residential building taken together with its outbuildings and assigned land. ¹

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Definition of Messuage

1. a dwelling house with its adjacent buildings and land [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Messuage

Literary usage of Messuage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... said messuage of the said Sir Francis ; and because the outer door of the said messuage of the said Sir Francis was then and there shut and fastened, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In which the by James Elmes (1827)
"It is there said, that messuage extends to the curtilage, though not to the garden; but, that the word domus only comprehended buildings. ..."

3. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1831)
"... and gave a verdict for the defendant. See Ч Sound. ]7.',n. fn the Con. Case brought by the plaintiff, who was possessed of a messuage, ..."

4. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1895)
"112 10 1 50 0 0 2 Toft of 6J yard-land and toft of messuage, 1 messuage in Oakley . ... 30 0 0 5 0 0 11 Cottage and 5 acres 15 15 0 30 0 0 12 messuage and 4 ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Charles James Gale, Court of Exchequer Chamber, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain (1843)
"That before and at the time, &c., to wit, &c., certain persons (in the declaration mentioned) were seised of a certain ancient messuage and house, ..."

6. Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells by William Henry Benbow Bird, William Paley Baildon, Wells Cathedral (1907)
"Joan in ye Toune, 1 fardel with messuage, etc. : gavel 2s. : the rest as the last. Robert atte Forde, messuage and 1 fardel: gavel 3s. id. ..."

7. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"'n w'hich tne trespass aforesaid, whereof he above complains, were at the time of the said trespass done, and are, one messuage, called Burrows; ..."

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