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TURNKEY. A person under the superintendence of a jailor, whose employment is
to open and fasten the prison doors and to prevent the prisoners from
escaping.
2. It is his duty to use due diligence, and he may be punished for
gross neglect or willful misconduct in permitting prisoners to escape.