Definition for MESS'UAGE

MESS'UAGE, n. [mes'swage; from old Fr. meson, mesonage, a house, or house-room; mesuenges, household. The French now write maison.]

In law, a dwelling-house and adjoining land, appropriated to the use of the household, including the adjacent buildings. Encyc.

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