Legal Definition and Related Resources of Admeasurement

An admeasuring. measure ; size; dimensions.Admeasurement of dower is an action formerly brought by an heir on reaching majority to rectify an assignment of dower made during his minority , by which the widow of the ancestor received more than she was entitled to by way of dower.

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Admeasurement in Historical Law

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What does Admeasurement mean in American Law?

The definition of Admeasurement in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A process of calculating or measuring, and then allocating, something of value, usually real property, to a person entitled to a particular share, e.g., when execution is sought against a debtor who is entitled to keep some amount of homestead free from claims of creditors, a necessary process prior to execution would be an “admeasurement of homestead.”