Weights and measures acts are
acts of the
British Parliament determining the regulation of
weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary acts of the Kingdoms of
England and
Scotland and the
medieval Welsh states. The earliest of these were originally untitled but were given descriptive glosses or titles based upon the monarch under whose reign they were promulgated. Several omnibus modern acts are entitled the
Weights and Measures Act and are distinguished by the year of their enactment.