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
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.