MENSURA DOMINI REGIS

mensura domini regis (men-s[y]oor-[schwa] dom-[schwa]-nIree-jis). [Law Latin “the measure of our lord the king”] Hist. The standard weights and measures established under Richard I, in his Parliament at Westminster in 1197. “Thus, under king Richard I, in his parliament holden at Westminster, A.D. 1197, it was ordained that there shall be only one weight and