Toll, Tolls

TOLL - A sum of money for the use of something, generally applied to the consideration which is paid for the use of a road, bridge, or the like, of a public nature. Toll is also the compensation paid to a miller for grinding another person's grain.

The rate of taking toll for grinding is regulated by statute in most of the states.

estates, rights. To bar, defeat, or take away; as to toll an entry into lands, is to deny. or take away the right of entry.

TOLLS - In a general sense, tolls signify any manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of money demanded for exporting or importing of any wares or merchandise, to be taken of the buyer.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.