(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:00:36

Ty"burn tick`et (?). [So called in allusion to Tyburn, formerly a place of execution in England.] O. Eng.Law

A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.

 

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