One of the civil divisions of England, being a portion of that greater di- vision called a “hundred.” It was so called because ten freeholders with their families composed one. It Is

In Saxon law. Tills was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-coustable or peace-of- ficer. In modern law.

In Saxon and old English law. Money paid to the sheriff by the several tithings of his county. Cowell.

In Roman law. A proper name, frequently used in designating an indefinite or fictitious person, or a person referred to by way of illustration. “Titius” and “Seius,” in this use, correspond to

The radical meaning of this word appears to be that of a mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the way by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons,

title to lands.

In Spanish law. Title. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

Persons who in Scotland, after the Reformation, obtained grants from the crown of the monasteries and priories then erected into temporal lordships. Thus the titles formerly held by the religious houses, as

Lat. In the civil law. Title ; the source or ground of possession ; the means whereby possession of a thing is acquired, whether such possession be lawful or not. In old

The words in a conveyance which show the estate intended to be conveyed. Thus, in a conveyance of land in fee-simple, the grant is to “A. and his heirs, to have and

In feudal law. A towel. There is a tenure of lands by the service of waiting with a towel at the king’s coronation. Cow- ell. TOBACCONIST. Any person, firm, or corporation whose

A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay. 2 Broom & II. Comm. 17.

In old English law. The owner of a toft. Cowell; Spelman.

Lat. In Roman law. Advocates ; so called under the empire because they were required, when appearing in court to plead a cause, to wear the toya, which had then ceased to

A sign or mark; a material evidence of the existeuce of a fact. Thus, cheating by “false tokens” implies the use of fabricated or deceitfully contrived material objects to assist the person’s

The allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a stiite which are contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief. Webster.

To bar, defeat, or take away; thus, to toll the entry means to deny or take away the right of entry.

In English law. Toll means an excise of goods; a seizure of some part for permission of the rest. It has two significations: A liberty to buy and sell within the precincts

Payment of toll; money charged or paid as toll; the liberty or franchise of charging toll

A prison; a customhouse ; an exchange; also the place where goods are weighed. Wharton.