Toft
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay. It also signifies a messuage. TOG AT I (Lat.)
In Roman law. Under the empire, when the toga had ceased to be the usual costume of the Romans, advocates were nevertheless obliged to wear it whenever they pleaded a cause. Hence they were called togati. This denomination received an oflicial or legal sense in the imperial constitutions of the fifth and sixth centuries; and the words tog(iti, consortium (corpus, ordo, collegium) togatorum, frequently occur in those acts,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay. 2 Broom & H. Com. 17. T0GATI (Lat.). In Roman Law. Under the empire, when the toga had ceased to be the usual costume of the Homans, advocates were nevertheless obliged to wear it whenever they pleaded a cause. Hence they were called togati.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Toftnm, L In old English law. The place where a messuage has stood; the site of a decayed housa
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A place or piece of ground where a house formerly stood, but which is decayed jr casually burnt, and not re-edifled. Jacob.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay; it also signifies a messuage.