Hist. Also 7 librat. [ad. med.L. lībrāta (sc. terra), f. lībra pound: see -ATE1.] A piece of land worth a pound a year.

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1610.  W. Folkingham, Art Survey, II. vii. 59. Then must the Obolat be 1/2 Acre, the Denariat an Acre, the Solidat 12. acres, & the Librat 240.

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1778.  Pennant, Tour Wales, I. 26. Henry III. by charter grants and confirms ten librates [Dugdale decem libratas terræ] in Longenedale in Derbyshire.

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1865.  Nichols, Britton, II. 143. Twenty librates of land with the appurtenances.

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1875.  Stubbs, Const. Hist. (1896), II. xiv. 119. The sheriffs were ordered to send all persons who possessed more than twenty librates of land.

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