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Auncel Weight

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Auncel weight, an ancient manner of weighing by the hanging of scales or hooks at either end of a beam or staff. See ANSEL. What were called stilliards, a sort of hand-weighing among butchers, which show the pounds by certain notches on a beam, were similar to the auncel weight, Jac. Law Dict.

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