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mer. law. In the English law it is a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise; it is called tronage, for weighing wool at the king's beam, or pesage, for weighing other avoirdupois goods. … [Read more...] about WEIGHAGE

In a legislative body, the "committee on ways and means" is a committee appointed to inquire into and consider the methods and sources for raising revenue, and to propose means for providing the funds needed by the government. … [Read more...] about WAYS AND MEANS

A quality in natural bodies, by which they tend towards the centre of the earth. 2. Under the article Measure, it is said that by the constitution congress possesses the power to fix the standard of weights and measures, and that this power has not been exercised. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A measure of heaviness or ponderosity; and in a metaphorical sense … [Read more...] about WEIGHT

The English highway acts provide that in every parish forming part of a highway district there shall annually be elected one or more waywardens. The waywardens so elected, and the justices for the county residing within the district form the highway board for the district. Each waywarden also represents his parish in regard to the levying of the highway rates, and in questions … [Read more...] about WAYWARDENS