Tonoderach
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old Scotch law. A thief taker (qui fures exquirit). LL. Ken. Reg. § 5; Spelman. TONSURA (Lat. from tondere, to shavei or clip).
In old English law. A shaving or polling; the having the crown of the head, shaven; tonsure. One of the peculiar badges of a clerk or clergyman. Habitus et tonsura clericalis, the clerical habit and tonsure without which no man originally could be admitted to the privilege of clergy. 2 Hale, P. C. 372; 4 Bl. Comm. 366; Nov. 5, c. 2.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old Scotch law. A thief-taker.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old Scots law. A thief-taker.