Pound

Ex vi term Jvni is an enclosed piece of land, secured by a firm structure of stone, or of posts and timber, placed in the ground.

2 Cush. (Mass.) 309.

A place, inclosed by public authority, for the temporary detention of stray animals.

4 Pick. (Mass.) 258; 5 Pick. (Mass.) 514; 9 Pick. (Mass.) 14.

In Weights. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is the greater, being seven thousand grains, the troy pound, five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces; that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces. In Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency, the different states made Pound sterling is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is of the value a sovereign. In calculating the rates of duties, the pound sterling was, by statute, considered and taken as of the value of four dollars and eighty cents.

Act March 3, 1883.

Under the same act the pound sterling of Ireland was to be computed, in calculating said duties, at four dollars and ten cents.