messuage

messuage

(ˈmɛswɪdʒ) n (Law) property law a dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage, and the adjacent land appropriated to its use[C14: from Norman French: household, perhaps through misspelling of Old French mesnage ménage]

mes•suage

(ˈmɛs wɪdʒ)

n. Law. a dwelling with its adjacent buildings and lands. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, misreading (n taken as u) of Old French mesnage ménage]

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messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the householddwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"