Ad-mēns'ure-ment, n.

noun

n. 1. The act or process of ascertaining the dimensions of any thing; mensuration, measurement; as, the admeasurement of a ship, or a cask.

  1. The measure of a thing, or the dimensions ascertained.
  2. (Law.) The adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This is done by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff. Blackstone.