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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 6— WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME · SUBCHAPTER I— WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY · § 204

§ 204. Metric system authorized

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It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.
(R.S. § 3569.)
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  • act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 1
  • 14 Stat. 339
  • Pub. L. 90–472
  • 82 Stat. 693
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§ 204
Metric system authorized
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Actact July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 1
Stat.14 Stat. 339
Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–472
Stat.82 Stat. 693
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