European Union abolishes the acre
As per an agreement reached last week in Brussels, it will be illegal after 2010 to measure and sell land using the English acre as a unit of measure. This act was meant to standardize the hectare as an EU measurement and streamline intra-EU dealings and trade.
A hectare is the equivalent of 2.471 acres; the acre, one of Britain’s most ancient units, measures 4,840 square yards.
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