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Yardland

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old English law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co. Litt. 69a. YCEL (Law Fr.) It; this; the same. Kelham. YCEMENT (Law Fr.) Thus; In like manner. Kelham. YCESTES (Law Fr.) These. Kelham.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Old English Law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co. Litt 69 a. See Virgata.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Or virgata terræ, is a quantity of land, said by some to be twenty acres, but by Coke to be of uncertain extent