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Reference standard
Reference standard, means the set of standard weight or measure which is made or manufactured by or on behalf of the Central Government for the verification of any secondary standard. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s.2(t)]...
Gallon
Gallon, a liquid measure, containing 231 cubic inches, or 4 quarts; see Weights and Measures Act, 1878, s. 15. A gallon equals 4.54596 litres....
Heap
Heap, means any unit of a commodity for sale where such sale is intended to be made without any weighment or measurement or, where the sale is made by number, without counting the number. [Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforce-ment) Act, 1985 (54 of 1985), s. 3(e)]...
Yard
Yard [fr. geard, Sax.], an enclosed space of ground, generally attached to a dwelling-house, etc. Also a measure of three feet, or thirty-six inches, in length. (see Weights and Measures Act, 1878, s. 10)...
Acre
Acre [fr. aypos, Gr.; ager, Lat.; acker, Germ.], a measure of land. The extent of the acre was first defined by statute in the 33 Edw. I., according to which an acre contains 160 square perches, the then perch being 5' yards. See Blount's Law Dict. The imperial or standard English acre contains 4 roods, each rood 40 poles or perches, each pole 272' square feet, and consequently each acre = 43,560 square feet or 4,840 square yards. See (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1878. The French acre, arpent, contains 1' English acres, or 54,450 square English feet. The Welsh acre contains commonly 2 English acres. The Irish acre is equal to 7,840 square yards; the Scots to 6,150-2/5 square yards....
Pint
Pint, or four gills; a measure of half a quart, or the eighth part of a gallon. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878....
Seal
Seal, wax or wafer with an impression. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 73, deeds executed after 1925 must be signed or marked (by illiterates or blind persons), as well as sealed. As to the forgery of seals and dies, see Forgery Act, 1913, s. 5; and for the definition of 'seal,' see s. 18.An impression or sign that has legal consequence when applied to an instrument 2. A Eastening that must be broken before access can be obtained, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.By (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI., r. 7, the seal o the central office is sufficient to authorize as evidence office copies, or certificates and other documents issued from the central office of the Supreme Court. As to the seal of district registrars, see Judic. Act, 1925, s. 9, and see CORPORATION.Means a device or process by which a stamp is made, and includes any wire or other accessory which is used for ensuring the integrity of any stamp. [Standards of Weight and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(w)]...
Last
Last [fr. hl'stan, Sax.; lest, Fr.], a burden; a weight or measure of fish, corn, wool, leather, pitch, etc....
Assisa panis et cerevisi'
Assisa panis et cerevisi', the power or privilege of assizing or adjusting the weight and measure of bread and beer, Cowel's Law Dict. Replaced by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 37....
Food Inspectors
Food Inspectors. The (English) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), has provisions dealing with inspectors, who have powers of sampling food at the place of or in the course of delivery to a purchaser; such officers are called sampling officers (s. 16 of the Act).For inspection of Bakehouses, Cookhouses, and Weights an Measures, see those titles....
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