statute mile

[ stach-oot mahyl, stach-oot ]

noun

1. mile ( def 1 ).

statute mile

noun

1. See mile
   a legal or formal name for mile

Word History and Origins

Origin of statute mile¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Toscanelli's mile was nearly equivalent to the English statute mile.

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A kilometre is 0.621 or nearly five-eighths of a statute mile.

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The Survey has also engraved a map of Dublin City on the enormous scale of five feet to a statute mile.

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The other work is a general shaded map of Ireland, on a scale of one inch to the statute mile.

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A Geographical Mile is one-seventh more than a statute mile.

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