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Turnkey
A person under the superintendence of a jailor, whose employment is to open and fasten the prison doors and to prevent the prisoners from escaping.
It is his duty to use due diligence, and he may be punished for gross neglect or wilful misconduct in permitting prisoners to escape.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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