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Communication about university building and grounds in legal terms (8)

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I believe the answer is:

messuage

'building and grounds in legal terms' is the definition.
(legal term)

'communication about university' is the wordplay.
'communication' becomes 'message' (a message is something communicated).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'message' going around 'u' is 'MESSUAGE'.

(Another definition for messuage that I've seen is " House with outbuildings and land (law)".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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