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  • TONNAGE DUTY
    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 their tonnage or cubical capacity. A tonnage duty is a duty imposed on vessels in proportion to their More...
  • TONNAGE-RENT
    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 is generally a dead rent in addition. Sweet
  • TONNAGIUM
    In old English law. A custom or impost upon wines and other merchandise exported, or imported, according to a certain. rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell.
  • TONNETIGHT
    In old English law. The quantity of a ton or tup, in a ship's freight or bulk, for which tonnage or tunnage was paid to the king. Cowell.
  • TONODERACH
    In old Scotch law. A thief-taker.
  • TONSURA
    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.
  • TONSURE
    In old English law. A being shaven; the having the. bead shaven; a shaven head. 4 Bl. Comm. 367.
  • TONTINE
    In French law. A species of association or partnership formed among persons who are in receipt of perpetual or life annuities, with the agreement that the shares or annuities of those who die' shall accrue to the survivors. This plan is said to be thus named froni Tonti, an Italian, More...
  • TOOK AND CARRIED AWAY
    In 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 be used and managed by the hand instead of being moved and controlled by machinery. Lovewell v; Westchester F. Ins. Co., 124 Mass. 420, 26 Am, Rep. 671.
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