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Toller

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or TOLER (Law Fr. from Lat. f oiler e, q. v.) To take away; to bar or defeat. Discents que tollent entries, descents which toll or bar entries. Litt. § 385. TOLLERE (Lat.)

In the civil law. To lift up or raise; to elevate; to build up. See "Servitus Altius non Tollendi." To take away; to dissolve or destroy. Tollitur omnis obligatio solutione ejus quod debetur, every obligation is dissolved by the payment of that which is due. Inst. 3. 30, pr. See Pleta, lib. 2, c. 60, § 5. To put an end to an action. Calv. Lex. To quash, or annul a judgment. Id.; Spiegelius. To bring up, or educate. Calv. Lex.; Adams, Rom. Ant. 61.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who collects tribute or taxes.