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MESSUAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does messuage mean?
• MESSUAGE (noun)
The noun MESSUAGE has 1 sense:
1. (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
Familiarity information: MESSUAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("messuage" is a kind of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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