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land measure

noun

  1. any system of measurement for measuring land.
  2. a unit or a series of units of measurement used in land measure.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of land measure1

First recorded in 1560–70
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Example Sentences

An ancient land-measure, varying in different localities; the average "quarter" being about thirty by forty fathoms.

Land measure has also varied considerably, but is at present established by authority.

An old French land measure, containing 100 square perches, but varying in different provinces.

The next great land measure was the Griffith-Dutton Act of 1884.

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