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messuage definition

mes·suage (mes′wij)

noun

Law a dwelling house with its outbuildings and adjacent land

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr mesuage, prob. altered < OFr mesnage: see ménage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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