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turnpike company †
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n.
a company organized to build or maintain turnpike roads.
Quotations
1812
Consequently, this turnpike company cannot take possession of any lawful road now existing, but must keep their own apart.
1828
It has been suggested, that a Turnpike Company for the improvement of Yonge Street From York to Lake Simcoe, would be attended with much disadvantage to that portion of the Country, through which the Street passes.