tolt
tolt noun: a writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court. Also the alternative form of tölt.
Noun
tolt (plural tolts)
- A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court.
- ... for a plea pending in a seignorial court could be removed into the county court by a procedure called tolt, and from the county into the common pleas by a writ of pone.1956, Theodore Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law, Butterworth & Co, page 104
Also used as
tolt is also the alternative form of tölt.
tolt is also the simple past and past participle of tell.
Forms of tolt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tolts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tolts |
| present participle | tolting |
| past participle | tolted |
| past | tolted |
Origin of tolt
From Latin tolta, from tollere (“to take away”).
Questions about tolt
- What does tolt mean?
- Tolt means a writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court.
- What part of speech is tolt?
- Tolt is a noun.
- What is the plural of tolt?
- The plural of tolt is tolts.
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