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statute mile

[ stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot ]

statute mile

noun

  1. a legal or formal name for mile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of statute mile1

First recorded in 1860–65
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