Grain
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The twenty -fourth part of a pennyweight. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from ten thousand grains to one-hundreth of a grain. Wheat, rye, barley, or Indian corn sown in the ground. It may include millet and oats; Holland v. State, 34 Ga. 455; Smith V. Clayton, 29 N. J. L, 357; fiaxseed; Hewitt V. Ins. Co., 55 la. 323, 7 N. W. 596, 39 Am. Rep. 174; peas; State v. Williams, 2 Strobh. (S. 0.) 474; sugar cane seed; Holland v. State, 34 Ga. 456. A statute requiring all persons who deal In grain on commission to secure a license and give a bond for the protection of the public is valid; State v. Edwards, 94 illnn.
225, 102 N. W. 697, 69 L. Live Stock Exchange, 143 HI. 210, 82 N. B. 274, 18 L. R. A. 190, 86 Am. St. Rep. 386; State V. Board of Trade, 107 Minn. 606, 121 N. W. 395, 23 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1260.
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