'Messuage' definitions:
Definition of 'messuage'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
Definition of 'Messuage'
From: GCIDE
- Messuage \Mes"suage\ (?; 48), n. [Cf. OF. mesuage, masnage, LL. messuagium, mansionaticum, fr. L. mansio, -onis, a staying, remaining, dwelling, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, remain, E. mansion, manse.] (Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household. --Cowell. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
- They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds, To lands in Kent, and messuages in York. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]