Metric System Authorized; Conversion Tables. The metric system of measurement of lengths and areas may be employed within the Commonwealth. No contract or dealing, or pleading in any court shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the measures expressed or referred to therein are measures of the metric system. The tables in the following schedule shall be recognized in the construction of contracts and in all legal proceedings, and may lawfully be used for expressing measurements of length and area in the metric system: Measures of Length Kilometer Hectometer Dekameter Meter Decimeter Centimeter Millimeter Measures of Area Hectare Are Centare
Metric Denominations and Values 1,000 Meters 100 Meters 10 Meters 1 Meter 1/10th of a Meter 1/100th of a Meter 1/1000th of a Meter Metric Denominations and Values 10,000 Square Meters 100 Square Meters 1 Square Meter
Source: 57 TTC § 251.
Equivalent in English System 0.62137 Mile, or 3,280 Feet and 10 Inches 328 Feet and 1 Inch 393.7 Inches 39.37 Inches 3.937 Inches 0.3937 Inch 0.0394 Inch Equivalent in English System 2.471 Acres 119.6 Square Yards 1.19 Square Yards or 1,550 Square Inches