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.

A writ whereby a cause depending in a court barou was taken and removed into a county court Old Nat. Brev. 4.

In old English law. Wroug; rapine; extortion. Cowell.

A measure of weight; differently fixed, by different statutes, at two thousand pounds avoirdupois, (1 Rev. St N. Y. 009,

The capacity of a vessel for carrying freight or other loads, calculated iu tous. But the way of estimating the tonnage varies iu different countries. Iu England, tonnage denotes the actual weight

In English law. A duty imposed by parliament upon merchandise exported and imported, according to a certain rate upon every ton. Brown. In American law. A tax laid upon vessels according to

When the rent reserved by a mining lease or the like consists of a royalty on every ton of minerals gotten in the mine, it is often called a “tonnage- rent.” There

In old English law. A custom or impost upon wines and other mer- chandise exported or imported, according to a certain rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell.

In old English law. The quantity of a ton or tun, in a ship’s freight or bulk, for which tonnage or tuu- nage was paid to the king. Cowell.

In old Scotch law. A thief-taker.

Lat In old English law. A shaving, or polling; the having the crown of the head shaven; tonsure. One of the peculiar badges of a clerk or clergyman.

In old English law. A being shaven; the having the head shaven; a shaveu head. 4 Bl. Comm. 307.

In French law. A species of association or partnership formed among persons who are iu receipt of perpetual or life annuities, with the agreement that the shares or annuities of those who

Iu criminal pleading. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. TOOL. The usual meaning of the word “tool” is “an instrument of manual operation ;” that is, an instrument to

In Scotch law. An annual rent out of a house built in a burgh. Whishaw. A duty wliich. from the act 1551, c. 10, appears to have been due from cer- tain