Furlong
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Furlong [fr. furlang, A.-S.; furlongus, ferlingus, ferlingum, Low Lat.], quasi 'a furrow long,' that is, bounded or terminated b the length of a furrow, i.e., quod uno progressu aratrum describit antequam regreditur; Spelman Gloss. Also the eight part of an acre; Minsheu. Stadium and quarentena terr' are sometimes used for a furlong, Co. Litt. 5 b. By the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49), s. 11, a furlong contains 220 imperial standard yards.
One eighth of a mill or forty poles, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 684.
One eighth of a mill or forty poles, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 684.
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