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Arpennus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A measure of land, of uncertain amount. It was called "arpent," also. Spelman; Cowell. In French Law. A measure of different amount in each of the sixty-four provinces. Guyot, Rep. Univ. "Arpenteur." The measure was adopted in Louisiana. Pet. (U. S.) 763.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A land measure.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A measure of land of uncertain amount. It was called arpent also. Spelman, Gloss.; Cowell. In French Law. A measure of different amount in each of the sixty-four provinces. Guyot, Repert. Arpcntcur. The measure was adopted in Louisiana; Strother v. Lucas, 6 Pet. (U. S.) 703, 8 L. Ed. 573.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

arpenuus, arpendus, arpeutum, I. I. An arpent; an old English measure of land. Various other forms of the word occur in old laws and writers as arpennum, arpendium, arapennis, arepennis, aripennis, aripennum, arvipennium and arvipendium.