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District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 37-201.18: Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps.

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  1. Title 37. Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending.
  2. Chapter 2. Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally.
  3. Subchapter I. Weights and Measures Generally.

The standard liquid gallon shall contain 231 cubic inches; the half gallon, one hundred and fifteen and five-tenths cubic inches; the quart, fifty-seven and seventy-five hundredths cubic inches; the pint, twenty-eight and eight hundred and seventy-five thousandths cubic inches; the half pint, fourteen and four hundred and thirty-seven thousandths cubic inches; the gill, seven and two hundred and eighteen thousandths cubic inches; the fluid ounce, one and eight-tenths cubic inches; and no liquid measure of other than the foregoing capacities, except multiples of the gallon, shall be deemed legal liquid measure in the District of Columbia; provided, that any automatic pump for the measurement of gasoline shall have graduations of fractional parts of a gallon in terms of either decimal or binary-submultiple subdivisions.

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