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TOOK AND CARRIED AWAY

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pleadings. In an indictment for simple larceny, the words feloniously took and carried away the goods stolen, are indispensable. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. … [Read more...]

TOLLSESTER

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An old excise; a duty paid by tenants of some manors to the lord for liberty to brew and sell ale. Cowell. … [Read more...]

TOOL

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The usual meaning of the word 'tool' is "an instrument of manual operation ;" that is, an instrument to be used and managed by the hand instead of being moved and controlled by machinery. Lovewell v; Westchester F. Ins. Co., 124 Mass. 420, 26 Am, Rep. 671. … [Read more...]

TOLSEY

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The same as "tollbooth." Also a place where merchants meet; a local tribunal for small civil causes held at the Guildhall, Bristol. … [Read more...]

TOD

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Short for transfer on death. … [Read more...]

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