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land measure
noun
- any system of measurement for measuring land.
- 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.
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Land measure has also varied considerably, but is at present established by authority.
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An old French land measure, containing 100 square perches, but varying in different provinces.
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The next great land measure was the Griffith-Dutton Act of 1884.
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