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mes⋅suage

  [mes-wij]
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–noun Law.
a dwelling house with its adjacent buildings and the lands appropriated to the use of the household.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF, misreading (n taken as u) of OF mesnage ménage
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messuage 
legal term for "dwelling," c.1386, from Anglo-L. (1290), from Anglo-Fr. messuage, which probably is a clerical error for mesnage (see menage). Originally the portion of land set aside for a dwelling-house and outbuildings, whether occupied by them or not; later chiefly in ref. to the house and buildings and the attached land.
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Main Entry: mes·suage
Pronunciation: 'mes-wij
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, probably alteration of Old French mesnage dwelling house, ultimately from Latin mansion- mansio habitation, dwelling, from manEre to remain, sojourn, dwell
: a dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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