admeasure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb determine the quantity of someone's share

WordNet

Ad*meas"ure transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.
Definitions
  1. To measure.
  2. (Law) 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. (Law) 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.

Webster 1913