{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-37-201.18","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 37-201.18","heading":"Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps.","body":"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.","path":["Title 37. Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending.","Chapter 2. Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally.","Subchapter I. Weights and Measures Generally."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/37-201.18","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"463767690631d34dd3581d75bd1105a4d80e905fc491f68d0d94f0894a552a49","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-37-201.17","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-37-201.18a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}