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pound_n in_o weight_n or_o two_o stone_n toss_v tostum_fw-la be_v a_o place_n wherein_o a_o mesuage_n have_v stand_v west_n parte_fw-la 2._o symbol_n titulo_fw-la fines_n sect_n 26._o toil_n come_v of_o the_o french_a toil_n i._o tela_fw-la and_o signify_v with_o we_o a_o net_n of_o cord_n to_o compass_v or_o take_v dear_a to_o lange_n and_o to_o breed_v see_v bred._n tolle_o tollere_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o verb_n signify_v to_o defeat_v or_o take_v away_o anno_fw-la 8._o h._n 6._o cap._n 9_o toll_n aliás_fw-la tholl_n tolnetum_n aliás_fw-la theolonium_fw-la be_v a_o saxon_a word_n and_o have_v in_o our_o common_a law_n two_o signification_n first_o it_o be_v use_v for_o a_o liberty_n to_o buy_v and_o sell_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o a_o manner_n lamb._n archainom_n fol._n 132._o which_o seem_v to_o import_v so_o much_o as_o a_o fair_a or_o market_n the_o word_n be_v these_o thol_n quod_fw-la nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la tholonium_n est_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quod_fw-la habeat_fw-la libertatem_fw-la vendendi_fw-la &_o emendi_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sua_fw-la in_o the_o second_o signification_n it_o be_v use_v for_o a_o tribute_n or_o custom_n pay_v for_o passage_n etc._n etc._n as_o in_o bracton_n si_fw-mi cui_fw-la concedatur_fw-la talis_fw-la libertas_fw-la quòd_fw-la quietus_n sit_fw-la de_fw-fr theolonio_n &_o consuetudinibus_fw-la dandis_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la &_o mari_fw-fr &_o quod_fw-la theolonium_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la capiat_fw-la infra_fw-la libertatem_fw-la svam_fw-la de_fw-la ementibus_fw-la &_o vendentibus_fw-la &c_n &c_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 24._o num_fw-la 3._o but_o even_o there_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o number_n he_o have_v this_o word_n toll_n as_o it_o seem_v in_o the_o former_a signification_n also_o which_o by_o these_o word_n above_o write_a follow_v a_o little_a after_o he_o interprete_v to_o be_v a_o liberty_n as_o well_o to_o take_v as_o to_o be_v free_a from_o tolle_n the_o make_v latin_a word_n theolonium_fw-la cassanaus_fw-la in_fw-la consuetud_fw-la burgund_n pag._n 118_o derive_v a_o