yardland

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yardland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yardland \Yard"land`\ (y[aum]rd"l[a^]nd`), n. (O. Eng. Law)
     A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen
     to forty acres; a virgate. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

yardland - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  YARDLAND, old Eng. law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co. 
  Litt. 69 a.