Messuage

A term used in conveyancing, and nearly synonymous with "dwelling house." A grant of a messuage with the to it, as also its curtilage, garden, and orchard, together with the close on which the house is built. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Saund. 400; Hammond, N. P. 189; 4 Cruise, Dig. 321; 2 Term. R. 502; 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 331. But see the cases cited in 9 Barn. & C. 681. This term, it is said, includes a church. 11 Coke, 26; 2 Esp. 528; 1 Salk. 256; 8 Barn. & C. 25. And see 3 Wils. 141; 2 W. Bl. 726; 4 Mees. & W. 567; 2 Bing. (N. C.) 617; 1 Saund. 6. META (Lat.) The goal of a Roman racecourse; a mark or object about which the chariots turned, and where the course ended. In Old English Law. A boundary line; a border or terminus. Properly, a visible object, standing upon the line, as a stone or tree, and showing where it ended; a butt. See "Butts and Bounds." Bundae et meiae, et rationabiles divisae quae ponuntur in terminis et. finibus agrorum, ad distinguendum praedia et dominia vicinorum, bounds and metes and reasonable divisions which are set on the borders and limits of lands, in order to distinguish the estates and properties of neighbors. Bracton, fols. 166b, 167; Pleta, lib. 2, c. 41, § 30. Pro metis et terminis ponendis. Mag. Rot. 3 Hen. III. rot. 14b. METALLUM (Lat.)

In the Roman law. Metal; a mine. Labor in mines, as a punishment for crime. Dig. 40. 5. 24. 5; Calv. Lex. METATUS (Law Lat.)

In old European law. A dwelling; a seat; a station; quarters; the place where one lives or stays. Spelman.

A term used in conveyancing, and nearly synonymous with dwellinghouse. A dwelling-house with the adjacent building and curtilage. Marmet Co. v. Archibald, 37 W. Va. 778, 17 S. E. 299. A grant of a messuage with the appurtenances will not only pass a house, but all the buildings attached or belonging to it, as also its curtilage, garden, and orchard, together with the close on w'hich the house is buljt; Co. Litt 5 b; 2 Saund. 400; 4 Cruise, Dig. 321; 2 Term 502; Grimes v. Wilson, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 331. But see the cases cited in 9 B. & C. 681. This term, it is said, includes a church; 11 Co. 26; 2 Esp. 528; 1 Salk. 256; 8 B. & 0. 25. And see 3 Wils. 141; 2 W. Blackst. 726; 4 M. & W. 567; 2 Bingh. n. o. 617; 1 Saund. 6; 2 Washb. R. P.

A dwelling-house with out-buildings, garden, orchard and curtilaga

This term is now synonymous with “dwelling-house,” but had once amoreextended signification. Itis frequently used in deeds, in describing the premises, Although the word “messuage” may, there is no ee essa ca oct ace cis put in saditiiniand used aynonymously. % sa %: © &7. In Scotland. The principal dwellinghouse within a barony. Bell.

5 The best writers represent this word as synonymous with house, and as embracing an orchard, garden, curtilage, adjoining buildings, and other appendages of a dwelling-house.^ A grant of a messuage, or of a messuage with the appurtenances, will cany the dwelling-house and adjoining buildings, and its orchard, garden, and curtilage.' See Curtilage; Grant, 3; Land; Mill, 1.

A dwelling-house with outbuildings, garden, and Mestier,//-. (Mystery.) Handicraft, trade.

A term used in deeds in describing the.premises conveyed, It is, however, more technical than dwelling-house, and several decisions have given it a broader extent than that term has in its vernacular sense, as where it hsis been said to include a church. Moreover, as used in conveyances, it often is considered to include incidents of the house which is the principal subject of conveyance; but this is partly a rule of construction, or results from the addition of "appurte- Messuage means a house, comprising the out-buildings, the orchard, and curtilage or court-yard, and, according to the better opinion, the garden also. Mozley Sj- W. Messuage is now synonymous with the word dwelling-house; but, as having once had a larger signification, it invariably precedes the word dwelling-house in a description of parcels. A grant of a messuage with the appurtenances will pass not only the dwelling-house, but also all buildings adjoining or attached to it, together with the curtilage, garden, and orchard, and the close in which the house is built, and any pleasure-grounds adjoining and belonging to it. Brown. Messe or messuage seems to comprise somewhat more than place of habitation; for " house " and " messuage " differ in this: that " house " cannot be intended other than the matter of building; but " messuage " includes the curtilage. Termes de la Ley. Although the word messuage may, there is no necessity that it must, import more than the word dwelliiig-house, with which word it is frequently put in apposition and used synonymously. Penn v. Grafton, 2 Bing. N. C. 617. To define with precision the signification of the legal term messuage is difficult. Authors have differed in their understanding of its import. The best writers, however, represent it as synonymous with house, and as embracing within its meaning an orchard, garden, curtilage, adjoining buildings, and other appendages of a dwelling-house; but they limit the ground which may be appropriated to these purposes to a small quantity, not exceeding an acre or more. (1 Thorn. Coke. 215,216, note; 1 Shep. Touch. 94; 2 Saund. 410, note 2.) A statute, giving a widow a right to abide in the " mansion-house and messuage of her deceased husband," ought not to be construed to give to the latter term a meaning entirely new and inconsistent with its usual sense, or so as to make that term embrace a whole farm or plantation. Grimes u. Wilson, 4 Black/. 3-31.

property. This word is synonymous with dwellinghouse; and a grant of a messuage with the appurtenances, will not only pass a house, but all the buildings attached or belonging to it, as also its curtilage, garden and orchard, together with the close on which the house is built. 1 Inst. 5, b.; 2 Saund. 400; Ham. N. P. 189; 4 Cruise, 321; 2 T. R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, note 35; but see the cases cited in 9 B. & Cress. 681; S. C. 17 Engl. Com. L. 472. This term, it is ‘said, includes a church. 11 Co. 26; 2 Esp. N. P. 528; 1 Salk. 256; 8 B. & Cress. 25; 8. C. 15 Engl. Com. L. Rep. 151. Et vide 3 Wils. 141; 2 Bl. Rep. 726.