Gallon
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A liquid measure, containing two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches, or four quarts. The imperial gallon contains about 277 and the ale gallon 282 cubic inches.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A liquid measure, containing 231 cubic inches, or four quarts. The tmperial gallon contains about 277, and tha ale gallon 282, cubic inclies.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
The gallon of our commerce conforms to the old wine-measure of two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches.^
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Fr. galon; L. Lat. galo, qq. v.] A measure of capacity, adopted in New-York as the unit or standard from which all other measures of capacity are to be derived and ascertained. 1 Rev. St. [608,] 617, § 11. The gallon for liquids is declared to be a vessel of such capacity as to contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water, at its maximum density. Id. ibid. § 13. This is the same as the old English gallon. See Galo. The gallon for dry measure is declared to be a vessel of such capacity as to contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, ten pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. Id. ibid. § 14.