Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bushel

The Winchester bushel, established by IS Wm. III. o. 5 (1701), was made the standard of grain. A cylindrical vessel, eighteen and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a bushel. The capacity is 2,145.42 cubic inches. The bushel established by 5 & 6 Geo. IV. c. 74, is to contain 2,218.192 cubic inches. This measure has been adopted in many of the United States. In New York the heaped bushel is allowed, containing 2,815 cubic inches. The exceptions, as far as known, are Connecticut, where the bushel holds 2,198 cubic inches; Kentucky, 2,150.66; Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri, where it contains 2,150.4 cubic inches. Dane, Abr. c. 211, a. 12, § 4. See the whole subject discussed in Report of the Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate, Feb. 22, 1821. In accordance with a joint resolution of congress, adopted in June, 1836, a uniform scale of weights and measures has been adopted in many states, by which the bushel shall contain 2,150 cubic inches. See Dom. Commerce Act N. Y. § 2. It is further provided that, where any commodity is sold by the bushel, and no special agreement is made as to the mode of measuring, the bushel shall consist of 70 pounds of lime; 60 pounds of wheat, peas, potatoes, clover seed, or beans; 57 pounds of onions; 56 pounds of Indian corn or rye; 55 pounds of flaxseed; 54 pounds of sweet potatoes; 50 pounds of corn meal, rye meal, or carrots; 48 pounds of barley, apples, or buckwheat; 45 pounds of beard grass, timothy seed, or rice; 33 pounds of dried peaches; 32 pounds of oats; 25 pounds dried apples; 20 pounds bran or shorts. Id. i 8.

What does Bushel mean in American Law?

The definition of Bushel in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A measure of volume, extensively used for the sale of dry produce, e.g., grain, conventionally equal to four pecks, i.e., 32 quarts, i.e., 2150.42 cubic inches. But the size and weight of the “bushel” is defined by divers statutes, leading to some variation from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

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