Libra

In old English law. A pound; also a sum of money equal to a pound sterling.

— Libra arsa. A pound burned ; that is, melted, or assayed by melting, to test its purity. Libras arias et pensatas, pounds burned and weighed. A frequent expression in Domesday, to denote the purer coin in which rents were paid. Spelman; Cowell.

— Libra munerata. A pound of money counted instead of being weighed. Spelman,

— Libra pensa. A pound of money by weight. It was usual in former days not only to sell the money, but to weigh it; because many cities, lords, and bishops, having their mints, coined money, and often very bad money, too, for which reason, though the pound consisted of 20 shillings, they weighed it Enc. Lond.

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In old English law. A pound. Libra arsa: a pound burned, — that is, melted, or assayed by melting, to test its purity. Libra nnmerata: a pound counted, — that is, paid or reckoned by tale, instead of being weighed. Libra pensa, or pensata: a pound weighed, or tried by weight

Inold English law. A pound; ~ alw assum of money equal to a pound ster- Hass. LIZR 1 ARSA. Inold Englishlaw. A pond burned; that is, melter, or assayed by melting, to test its purity. Libre arse et pensatr, pounds burned and weighed. A frequent expression in Domesday, to denote the purer coin in which rents were paid. Spelman; Cowell.

A pound. Denotes the sum of money equivalent to a pound sterling. Occurs in early English records and writings, generally with some qualifying words annexed; as, librae arsae, pounds in coin tested by assaying; librae numeratae, pounds reckoned by number, not by weight; librae pensatae, pounds weighed, or reckoned by weight.