uncia agri, uncia terrae

uncia agri, uncia terrae
/3nsh(iy)a aegray, ansh(iy)a tehriy/
These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land. It is said to have been the quantity of twelve modii /mowdiyay/; each modius being possibly one hundred feet square

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • LIBRA Nummaria — nomen a pondo cepit, quod libram, quam vocant Troianam, i. e. uncias 12. olim pendebat. Inde Saxonibus punde, Anglis pound. Aestimabatur autem alias solidis, alias denariis, alias oris i. e. unciis. Primo in usum venit Libram numerare. dein cum… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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