Admeasure

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To measure.

2. To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone.

3. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

4. Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.