ACRE RIGHT
\ˈe͡ɪkə ɹˈa͡ɪt], \ˈeɪkə ɹˈaɪt], \ˈeɪ_k_ə ɹ_ˈaɪ_t]\
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The share owned by any one in the common lands of New England towns. Their value varied in different towns, but was a fixed quantity in each town. In Billerica, for instance, a ten-acre lot or right was equivalent to 113 acres of upland and twelve acres of meadow, and so on in exact proportion.
By John Franklin Jameson
