| 单词 | admeasurement of dower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadmeasurement of dower 1. Chiefly Law. The ascertainment and apportionment of just shares in something, as in an inheritance or common land; a writ ordering that this be done (esp. in admeasurement of dower, admeasurement of pasture). Also more generally: apportionment, allocation. Cf. measurement n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion admeasurementa1325 measurementa1325 apportion1628 apportionment1628 admensuration1766 prorating1876 proration1904 prorationing1930 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 37 Ȝif playt is imoeued þoru writ of amesurement of pasture [etc.]. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. viii As well in this writ as in admysurement of pasture the proces shalbe [etc.]. 1650–4 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 374 A further admeasurement of corn among his army. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 184 Admeasurement lyes between Commoners. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 238 By writ of admeasurement of pasture. 1839 Calcutta Monthly Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 116/1 If a pottadar is found to hold more land than that which his pottah specifies, the zemindar may compel a fresh admeasurement. 1894 Pacific Reporter 34 1087/2 Phoebe A. Vance applied for an admeasurement to her of a probate homestead in decedent's land. 1940 Calif. Law Rev. 29 10 There was no necessity of stating with exactness the precise principles which should govern the admeasurement of the share of each co-owner. 1985 Law & Hist. Rev. 3 20 The maxim probably did not determine the venue for admeasurement of dower. 2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law ii. 79 Admeasurement as a communal and discretionary method of deciding rights may be contrasted with the process of adjudication between rights of competing individuals through application of rules in a court of law. < as lemmas |
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