Troy Weight
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
SeeMEASUREs; Weight.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is a weight less ponderous than the avoirdupois weight, in the proportion of seven thousand, for the latter, to five thousand seven hundred and sixty, to the former. Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t. Vide Weights.