Pound

1. A place, inclosed by publlc authority, for the temporary detention of stray animala. Harriman v. Fifield, 36 Vt. 345; Wooley v. Groton, 2 Chsh. (Mass.) 308. A pound-overt is snid to be one that is open overhead ; a pound-covert is one that is close, or covered over, such as a stable or other building.
2. A measure of weight. The pound avoirdupois contains 7,000 grains; the pound troy 5,760 grains. In New York, the unit or standard of weight, from which all other weights shall be derived and ascertained, is declared to be the pound, of such magnitude that the weight of a cubic foot of distilled water, at its maximum density, weighed in a vacuum with brass weights, shall be equal to sixty-two and a half such pounds. 1 Rev. St N. Y. p. 617, § 8.
3. "Pound" is alao the name of a denomination of English money, containing twenty shillings. It was also used in the United States, in computing money, before the introduction of the federal coinage,

— Found breach. The act or offense of breaking a pound, for the purpose of taking out the cattle or goods impounded. 3 Bl. Comm. 12,146; State v. Young, 18 N. H. 544.

— Pound-keeper. An officer charged with the care of a pound, and of animals confined there.

— Pound of land. An uncertain quantity of land, said to be about fifty-two acres.