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Definition of Tollgates
1. tollgate [n] - See also: tollgate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tollgates
Literary usage of Tollgates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Reynoldsville and Vicinity Including Winslow Township by Ward Clark Elliott (1922)
"tollgates. tollgates followed immediately after the completion of the turnpike.
The gate in Winslow township first stood 225 feet east of the Sandy Lick ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Private Corporations in Pennsylvania by Frank Marshall Eastman (1908)
"Opening of Boulevard and Erection of tollgates. 1058. Appointment of Toll
Gatherers—Rates of Toll. 1059. Agreement of State as to Exemption of Boulevard ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Charles James Gale, Court of Exchequer Chamber, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain (1843)
"4, mortgagee of " ' . the tollgates c. 12o, s. ... that if any mortgagee shall
seek to obtain thu possession of the tollgates, &c. in order to pay himself ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"So, a statute which required a plank-road company to remove its tollgates beyond
the limits of a city was hold unconstitutional in Detroit y. ..."
5. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"Two grounds of objection to tho exercise of this power, 8SS; have Congress the
right to erect tollgates ? 8S8; principle upon which the Stato constitutions ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Charles James Gale, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison (1843)
"4, mortgagee of " / . the tollgates c. 126, s. ... that if any mortgagee shall
seek to obtain the possession of the tollgates, &c. in order to pay himself ..."
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