Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law … [Read more...] about Tulsa J. Comp. & Int’l L.
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TURNPIKE
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...] about TURNPIKE
Tulsa L. Rev.
Tulsa Law Review … [Read more...] about Tulsa L. Rev.
TURPIS
Latin meaning base, mean or vile ; disgraceful; Infamous ; unlawful. Applied both to things and persons. … [Read more...] about TURPIS
TUMBREL
punishment. A species of cart; according to Lord Coke, a dung-cart. 2. This instrument, like the pillory, was used as a means of exposure; and according to some authorities, it seems to have been synonymous with the trebucket or ducking stool. … [Read more...] about TUMBREL
