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The term "cuerda" (and "Spanish acre") refers to various units of measurement in some Spanish-speaking regions, including Spain,Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Cuba, and Paraguay.
The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as 1⁄4 hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs.