Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Relation of avoirdupois pound to troy pound

Massachusetts § 2

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 98WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, § 2 (2026).

Text

Section 2. The avoirdupois pound shall bear to the troy pound the relation of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The hundredweight shall contain one hundred avoirdupois pounds, and the ton twenty hundredweight.

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