Legal Definitions - admensuratione dotis

Definition: Admensuratione dotis refers to the admeasurement of dower, which is the process of determining the amount of property that a widow is entitled to after her husband's death.

Example 1: In the past, if a widow was holding more property than she was entitled to, a writ called admeasurement of dower could be used to recover the excess property.

Example 2: Admeasurement of pasture was another type of writ used in the past to address overgrazing of common pastures by someone's cattle.

These examples illustrate how admeasurement was used in the past to determine and assign a fixed quantity or value of property or establish limits, and how writs were used to address situations where someone was taking more than their rightful share of property or resources.