A weights and measures act is a kind of

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act found in many jurisdictions establishing

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s for

weights and measures A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multi ...

. Notable acts of this type include: * Various

Weights and Measures Acts (UK) Weights and measures acts are acts of the British Parliament determining the regulation of weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary acts of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland and the medieval Welsh states. T ...

or the various legislative acts preceding them in

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and

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* 1985 c. W-6, the Weights and Measures Act, in

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* Act №XXXI of 1871, the Act to Regulate the Weights and Measures of Capacity of British India * Act №8 of 1936, the Irish Weights and Measures Act * The

Weights and Measures Act 1972 The Weights and Measures Act 1972 ( ms, Akta Timbang dan Sukat 1972), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to establish units of measurement and standards of mass and measure based on the International System of Units, to regulate weights and measur ...

, in

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The Weights and Measures Acts may refer to: * The

Weights and Measures Acts of the United Kingdom Weights and measures acts are acts of the British Parliament determining the regulation of weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary acts of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland and the medieval Welsh states. T ...

, particularly the Weights and Measures Acts of 1878 to 1893 * The

Weights and Measures Acts of Ireland Weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. Weight or The Weight may also refer to: Mathematics * Weight (graph theory) a number associated to an edge or to a vertex of a graph * Weight (representation theory), a ty ...

, from 1878 to 1936 * The

Weights and Measures Acts of India Weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. Weight or The Weight may also refer to: Mathematics * Weight (graph theory) a number associated to an edge or to a vertex of a graph * Weight (representation theory), a ty ...

, from 1871 to 1889 * The

Weights and Measures Act 1987 Weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. Weight or The Weight may also refer to: Mathematics * Weight (graph theory) a number associated to an edge or to a vertex of a graph * Weight (representation theory), a ty ...

of New Zealand Weights and measures acts may also refer to similar legislation in other countries. In the

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, the National Conference on Weights and Measures functions as a regular meeting of the states and maintains several handbooks which are available at the website of the

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. Most of the states have enacted these handbooks into law.

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