A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.
Site of a home with its outbuildings. (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 234) House and yard. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245) A portion of land occupied as a site for a dwelling-house and its appurtenances. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)
Often used to refer to a dwelling house and any buildings belonging to it. It may also include any grounds or garden which forms part of the property.
A dwelling house with ground around it and any out-buildings.
a dwelling house with adj. buildings, curtilage; term formerly had a more extended definition… a curtilage a place enclosed by a yard (court yard) originally land and buildings around a castle, etc. that is walled. Example
A home with its adjoining buildings and adjacent land.
a section of land surrounding the manor house, containing outbuildings
Property or dwelling house
A house and its associated garden, outbuildings, and orchard.
a dwelling house and the surrounding property, including gardens, courtyard, orchard and outbuildings. A capital messuage was that of the lord of a manor, or any other large residential property.
A dwelling house with its adjacent buildings and the lands appropriated to the use of the household [law].
term used for a property, often a dwelling house
(Scots) A dwelling house with its adjacent buildings and lands appropriated to the use of the household.
A dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household
dwelling house with out-buildings and land.
Dwelling and offices (eg barns, sheds) together with the adjoining lands
a dwellinghouse with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and the adjoining lands used in connection with the household.
the main residence of dwelling-house of a baron, and therefore the "head place" of his barony (roughly the same as the English "manor-house"
a dwelling and offices with the adjoining lands appropriated to the household
A dwelling house; The land with the building.
A house with it's adjoining land and out-buildings, usually rented.
A parcel of land usually containing a dwelling house and garden.
A dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage , and the adjacent land appropriated to its use.
A dwelling house with the ground around it and any outbuildings. 683. 523.
a building or part of a building with its appurtenances and land.
In law, the term messuage equates to a dwelling-house and includes outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden. At one time messuage supposedly had a more extensive meaning than that comprised in the word house or site, but such distinction, if it ever existed, no longer survives.
