# High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Act 1851, Paragraph 18


Every Meer of Ground shall contain Thirty-two Yards in Length; and the Miner shall be entitled to take and have set out for him any Proportion of a Meer, upon freeing the same, by Payment of an Amount of Ore proportionate to the Amount payable upon freeing a whole Meer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/14-15/94/schedule/1/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/high-peak-mining-customs-and-mineral-courts-act-1851/schedule-1/paragraph-18
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