Chiefly Law. The ascertainment and apportionment of just shares in something, as in an inheritance or common land; a writ ordering that this be…

Ascertainment and apportionment of just shares; = admeasurement, n. 1. Obsolete.

Division in just proportion.

The action of distributing or allotting in proper proportion or suitable shares.

= admeasurement, n. (in various senses); esp. formal measurement.

The action or an instance of prorating (something); proportional allocation or distribution.

= proration, n.; spec. the allocation by an official regulator of permitted levels of oil or gas production among competing operators, fields, etc.