See Also: manumission(dictionary)
MANUMISSION, contracts(law)
steelyard(medicine)
steelyard(1)(dictionary)
steelyard(2)(dictionary)

steelyard(2) (iou) and manumission (iou)


steelyard(2) (iou)



steelyard noun2. ['sti:ljš»:d] M17.
[from STEEL noun1 + YARD noun2.]
sing. & in pl. A balance consisting of a lever with unequal arms which moves on a fulcrum, the article to be weighed being suspended from the shorter arm and a counterpoise slid along the longer arm until the lever balances, a graduated scale on this arm showing the weight. Also called Roman balance.

manumission (iou)



manumission noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin manumissio(n-), from manumiss- pa. ppl stem of manumittere MANUMIT.]
Chiefly Hist. The action of manumitting, the fact of being manumitted; formal release from slavery or servitude; an act or instance of this.