Weight
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is a quality in natu- ounce is divided into eight drams, ral bodies, by which they tend to- and the dram into three scruples, so is grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one-hundreth ofa grain. The caret used for weighing diamonds, is 33 grains. A short account of the French weights and measures is given under the article Measure.