admeasurern.

1648 R. Weldon Doctr. Script. viii. 127 The Sun and Moon (the admeasurers of the perpetuity sworne by God) have lasted.

1654 in W. Petty Down Surv. (1851) iii. 16 The admeasurers..paid little for their diet and lodging, bounders, marksmen, spademen, &c.

1814 W. Johnson Rep. Supreme Court N.-Y. 10 368 A petition had been presented by E. Gardenier, widow,..stating the seisin of her husband, and praying the appointment of admeasurers of dower.

1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 472 Let them, in criminal cases, be the sole judges of the law, the facts, and the evidence, as well as the admeasurers of the punishment, within the limits of the law.

1868 Amer. Law Reg. 16 389 The admeasurers shall take into consideration certain improvements made on the premises.

1923 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 May b5/1 Two ships of identical specifications were measured, one by a principal admeasurer on the Atlantic coast and the other by an admeasurer on the Pacific.

1974 R. Swale Children of Cape Horn (1975) vii. 59 He brought out a worn-looking tapemeasure and introduced himself as John White, Admeasurer.

2005 W. T. Lynch in S. A. Walton Instrumental in War ii. 66 If there is disagreement, it is not clear whether the error would be the fault of the admeasurer or the plotter.