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.

A vessel by which the toll of corn for grinding is measured. Tolle voluntatem et erit omnis actus indifferens. Take away the will, and every action will be indifferent. Bract fol. 2.

One who collects tribute or taxes.

Lat. In the civil law. To lift up or raise ; to elevate; to build up.

In a general sense, tolls signify auy manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of mouey demanded for exporting or importing of any wares or merchandise to be takeu of the

Au old excise; a duty paid by tenants of some mauors to the lord for liberty to brew and sell ale. Cowell.

The same as “tollbooth.” Also a place where merchants meet; a local tri- bunal for small civil causes held at the Guildhall, Bristol.