Toll Law and Legal Definition
Toll is a term that is subject to different definitions. In one sense, it refers to a tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
In a legal sense, it refers to suspending or taking away the effect of something, such as a statute of limitations. For example, some state legislatures have enacted statutes specifically tolling the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse. In addition, some states have allowed claims of repressed memories to toll the statute of limitations under a discovery rule or insanity provision.
Many, but not all, statutes of limitation may be subject to equitable "tolling". This "tolling" means that the clock on the limitation time period will not start to tick until the person discovers or reasonably should have discovered the fraud. Tolling (or not starting the clock) may be appropriate depending on the facts and circumstances in each case.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Ambiguitas Verborum Latens Verificatione Suppletur; Nam Quod Ex Facto Oritur Ambiguum Verificatione Facti Tollitur
- Descensus Tollit Intrationem
- Equitable Tolling
- Matrimonium Subsequens Tollit Peccatum Praecedens
- Road Toll Booth
- Servitus Altius Non Tollendi
- Telephone Toll Service
- Toll Free Telephone Numbers
- Toll Road
- Tolling Agreement
