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Acre Right

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

"The share of a cit i'/eu of a New England town in the common li The value of i right was quantity in each town, but varied in d ent towns. A 10-a< re Lot or right in a tain town was equivalent to 113 upland and 12 acres of meadow, and a tain exact proportion was main; tween the acre right and salable lands." Mesetc, of the Presidents, Richar X, 230.