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TULLIANUM

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Latin: In Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the flrst prison in Rome. Adams, Rom. Ant 290. … [Read more...]

TURNOVER

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The rate or the frequency at which something is replaced, usually employees or workers in a company. … [Read more...]

TURNPIKE

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1. Public road paved with stones or other hard substance. 2. Turnpike roads are usually made by corporations to which a power to make them has been granted. The grant of such power passes not only an easement for the road itself, but also so much land as is connected with it; as, for instance, for a toll house and a cellar under it, and a well for the use of the family. A … [Read more...]

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