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<DIV>In a message dated 9/27/2009 11:56:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
lechevrier@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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anyone help with a definiton of the word "mefruages"?<BR><BR>As in "Manors,
<EM>Mefruages</EM>, Lands, and Tenements"<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Bill,</DIV>
<DIV>Just as I suspected, the transcriber read the old 's' as an 'f'.</DIV>
<DIV>Here's the tip pick when I googled "mesruages." And this seems to fit the
context.</DIV>
<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
<DIV>Junction City, Oregon</DIV>
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size=4><FONT color=#2200cc><STRONG>messuages</STRONG> - definition of
<STRONG>messuages</STRONG> by the Free Online Dictionary
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<DIV class=s>n. 1. (Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and
curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.
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