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tolbooth Scot
mestna hiša f
tolbooth Scot
mestna ječa f

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A tolbooth (prison) stood on the site, where executions used to take place.
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Frank meets the stranger, who conveys him to the tolbooth (jail), which they enter without being challenged.
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The tolbooth developed into a central building providing for all these functions.
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By the 18th century, the term tolbooth had become closely associated with prison, and the term town house became more common to denote the municipal buildings.
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The tolbooth usually provided a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail.
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