How did different European countries develop their own units of length?

I've wondered for years why FAA, in writing their regulations, uses "statute" miles in one regulation, and "nautical" miles in others. The driver's license of a person who violates any speed limit established in this section, by driving in excess of 100 miles per hour, is revoked for six months ... THE ORDINARY, or statute mile is an arbitrary length of no particular significance in navigational calculations. However if I move one nautical mile along a ... HCPCS codes A0430. (ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way [fixed wing]) and A0435. (fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile) are ... Aug 5, 2019 ... Statute miles are the ordinary English miles of 1760 yards. They are called that by contrast to nautical miles, the “old mile” of 10 furlongs ... A mile is a unit of length. There are many different kinds of mile but mile on its own usually means the statute mile. (f) Three hundred dollars for traveling over thirty-five miles per hour over the authorized speed limit. ... Source:Laws 1996, LB 901, § 11; Laws 1997, LB 91, § 4 ... Dec 1, 2010 ... A0390. ALS mileage (per mile). A0425. Ground mileage (per statute mile). 2. Page 3. Mississippi Medicaid policy does not allow billing for the ... Jul 15, 2008 ... When the statute mile was defined, the circumference of our planet was not yet known. As mariners began to travel the globe, a unit of distance ... (1) Forty miles per hour in a speed zone of 55 miles per hour. (2) ... (l) Notwithstanding any other provision contained in G.S. 20-141 or any other statute ...