Perch

A measure of land containing five yards and a half or sixteen feet and a half in length; otherwise called a "rod" or "pole," Cowell. An a unit of solid measure, a perch of masonry or stone or brick work contains, according to some authorities and in some localities, sixteen and one-half cubic feet, but elsewhere, or according to others, tweuty-flva. Uniess defined by statute, it is a very indefinite term and must be explained by evidence.

See Baldwin Quarry Co. v. Clements, 38 Ohio SL 587; Harris v. Rutledge, 19 Iowa, 388, 87 Am. Dec. 441; Sullivan v. Richardson, 33 Fla. 1, 14 South. 692; Wood v. Vermont Cent R. Ch, 24 Vt 608.