Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll
Meaning of Toll
A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of the services, such as charges payable for using a bridge or a highway . With respect to Statutes of limitation , facts which are aimed to remove the bar of the limitation period .
Toll Alternative Definition
Toll at common law includes a large class of dues and exactions that are in the nature of fixed rights, and cannot be lawfully exceeded, and are generally, if not universally, connected with some franchise which involves duties as well as privileges of a general or public nature, such as those which belong to fairs, markets, mills, turnpikes, ferries and bridges. 41 Mich. 279. 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. 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. See 2 Washb. Real Prop.; 6 Q. B. 31. A Saxon word originally signifying a payment in towns, markets, or fairs for goods and cattle bought and sold there. It is now also popularly applied to the charges which canal and railroad companies require for the transportation of goods; but it does not necessarily import an immediate payment. The word means nothing more than a compensation for the privilege or service granted; and the period of payment depends, as in other cases, on the understanding of the parties. Various definitions of the term collected, and the nature of tolls, considered. 29 Barb. (N. Y.) 589; 3 Abb. Ct. App. Dec. (N. Y.) 1 Keys (N. Y.) 72. To bar, defeat, or take away; as, to toll an entry into lands is to deny or take away the right of entry. To toll the statute of limitations is to interrupt its running. See “Tolls.”
Synonyms of Toll
(Effect), noun
- casualties
- consequence
- cost
- damage
- distress
- effect
- exaction
- forfeit
- grievous price
- loss
- payment
- result
- ruinous price
- setback
- suffering
(Exact payment), verb
- collect payment
- exact tribute
- extort
- levy
- raise taxes
- tax
(Stop), verb
- arrest
- block
- check
- cut off
- embar
- estop
- frustrate
- halt
- hinder
- hold back
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- limit
- obstruct
- put a stop to
- restrain
- restrict
- stay
- suspend
- thwart
- Associated Concepts: toll a statute of limitations
(Tax), noun
- assessment
- charge
- exaction
- excise
- fare
- fee
- impost
- levy
- payment
- portorium
- tithe
- vectigal Associated Concepts: collection of tolls
- toll bridges
- toll roads
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Toll
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tax, fee, Old English toll “impost, tribute, passage-money, rent,” variant of toln, cognate (having the same ancestor) with Old Norse tollr, Old Frisian tolen, Old High German zol, German Zoll, probably representing an early Germanic borrowing from Late Latin tolonium “custom house.” The Germanic words probably are borrowed from Latin telonium “tollhouse,” from Greek teloneion “tollhouse,” from telones “tax-collector,” from telos “duty, tax, expense, cost,” from suffixed form of PIE root *tele- “to lift, support, weigh” (see extol) For sense, compare finance. On another theory it is native Germanic and related to tell (verb) on the notion of “that which is counted.” Originally in a general sense of “payment exacted by an authority;” meaning “charge for right of passage along a road” is from late 15c.
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Collin, Richard H. Theodore Roosevelt’s Caribbean: The Panama Canal, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Latin American Context. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990.
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Toll Meaning in the U.S. Court System
See “statute of limitations.” Certain actions will “toll” the statute of limitations, or extend the time by which parties must file suit to enforce their rights.
Concept of Toll in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Toll: (1) Money paid for the use of a road, bridge, etc. (2) To take away, stop, or defeat. Commonly used to indicate the defeating of the statute of limitations.
Concept of Toll in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Toll: (1) Money paid for the use of a road, bridge, etc. (2) To take away, stop, or defeat. Commonly used to indicate the defeating of the statute of limitations.
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Translation of Toll
- Spanish: Peaje
- French: Péage
- German: Verkehrsgebühr
- Italian: Pedaggio
- Portuguese: Portagem
- Polish: Myto
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