Auncel Weight
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An ancient manner of weighing by means of a beam held in the hand. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Weighing with a balance or steelyard.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An ancient manner of weighing by means of a beam held in the hand. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. An ancient mode of weighing, described by Cowell as "a kind of weight with scales hanging or hooks fastened tp each end of a staff, which a man, lifting up upon his forefinger or hand, discerneth the quality or difference between the weight and the thing weighed."