By admeasurements through nearly the whole of this last line, and supplying the unmeasured parts from good data, the Atlantic and Mississipi are found in this latitude to be 758 miles distant, equal to 13° 38′ of longitude, reckoning 55 miles and 3144 feet to the degree.
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admeasurement — index estimate (approximate cost), estimation (calculation), measurement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
admeasurement — [ad mezh′ərmənt] n. 1. the act of admeasuring 2. size … English World dictionary
admeasurement — /aedmezharmant/ Ascertainment by measure; measuring out; assignment or apportionment by measure, that is, by fixed quantity or value, by certain limits, or in definite and fixed proportions admeasurement of dower admeasurement of pasture… … Black's law dictionary
admeasurement — /aedmezharmant/ Ascertainment by measure; measuring out; assignment or apportionment by measure, that is, by fixed quantity or value, by certain limits, or in definite and fixed proportions admeasurement of dower admeasurement of pasture… … Black's law dictionary
admeasurement — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷mənt noun ( s) 1. : determination and apportionment of shares admeasurement of common lands for pasturage 2. : application of a measure to determine or compare dimensions land consisting of two acres by admeasurement 3 … Useful english dictionary
admeasurement, writ of — A common law remedy which lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases: admeasurement of dower, and admeasurement of pasture … Black's law dictionary
admeasurement, writ of — A common law remedy which lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases: admeasurement of dower, and admeasurement of pasture … Black's law dictionary
admeasurement — noun Date: 1523 1. determination and apportionment of shares 2. determination or comparison of dimensions 3. dimensions, size … New Collegiate Dictionary
admeasurement — /ad mezh euhr meuhnt/, n. 1. the process of measuring. 2. the number, dimensions, or measure of anything. 3. apportionment. [1590 1600; ADMEASURE + MENT] * * * … Universalium
admeasurement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of distributing or the condition of being distributed: allocation, assignment, apportionment, dispensation, distribution, division. See COLLECT … English dictionary for students
