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Term: leuca
Definition: In French law, a leuca was a unit of measurement that equaled either 1,500 or 1,000 paces. A pace is the distance covered by one step. Additionally, a leuca could refer to a special area of one mile around a monastery that was considered privileged or protected.
leuca
Leuca is a term used in French law and history. It refers to a unit of measurement for distance. There are three different definitions of leuca:
Example 1: The distance between two towns was measured to be three leucas. This means that the distance between the two towns is either 3,000 or 4,500 paces, depending on which definition of leuca is being used.
Example 2: The monks at the monastery were allowed to use the leuca to claim a special area around their monastery. This meant that no one else could build within one mile of the monastery.
These examples illustrate how leuca was used as a unit of measurement for distance and as a way to define a special area around a monastery.