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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985/schedule-1/part-VI/paragraph-wrapper1n1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/72",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/VI/paragraph/wrapper1n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Measurement of length\nMile\n=\n1760 yards.\nFurlong\n=\n220 yards.\nChain\n=\n22 yards.\nYARD\n=\n0.9144 metre.\nFoot\n=\n1/3 yard.\nInch\n=\n1/36 yard.\nMeasurement of area\nSquare mile\n=\n640 acres.\nAcre\n=\n4840 square yards.\nRood\n=\n1210 square yards.\nSquare yard\n=\na superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one yard.\nSquare foot\n=\n1/9 square yard.\nSquare inch\n=\n1/144 square foot.\nMeasurement of volume\nCubic yard\n=\na volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard.\nCubic foot\n=\n1/27 cubic yard.\nCubic inch\n=\n1/1728 cubic foot.\nMeasurement of capacity\nBushel\n=\n8 gallons.\nPeck\n=\n2 gallons\nGALLON\n=\n4.54609 cubic decimetres.\nQuart\n=\n¼ gallon.\nGill\n=\n¼ pint.\nFluid ounce\n=\n1/20 pint.\nFluid drachm\n=\n1/8 fluid ounce.\nMinim\n=\n1/60 fluid drachm.\nMeasurement of mass or weight\nTon\n=\n2240 pounds.\nHundredweight\n=\n112 pounds.\nCental\n=\n100 pounds.\nQuarter\n=\n28 pounds.\nStone\n=\n14 pounds.\nPOUND\n=\n0.453 592 37 kilogram.\nOunce\n=\n1/16 pound\nDram\n=\n1/16 ounce.\nGrain\n=\n1/7000 pound.\nPennyweight\n=\n24 grains.\nOunce apothecaries\n=\n480 grains.\nDrachm\n=\n1/8 ounce apothecaries.\nScruple\n=\n1/3 drachm.\nMetric ton\n=\n1000 kilograms.\nQuintal\n=\n100 kilograms.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. VI substituted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 6(5)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “fluid ounce” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “pound” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. VI: definition of “ounce” inserted (1.1.2000) by S.I. 1994/2867, reg. 7(3)(c)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/20",
      "affecting_title": "Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:41.980135+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}