MOSS, Thomas, Canadian jurist, born in Cobourg, 20 August, 1836; died in Nice, France, 4 June, 1881. He was educated at Upper Canada college and the University of Toronto, studied law, and was admit.ted to the bar in 1861. He became a partner of Hector (now Sir Hector). Cameron, and afterward of James Patton, and still later became a member of the firm of Harrison, Osler and Moss. In 1871 he was appointed equity lecturer for the Law society, in 1872 became queen's counsel, and in the same year declined the offer of the vice-chancellorship. In 1873 he was elected to the Dominion parliament for west Toronto. He was re-elected in 1874, but, on being appointed a judge of the court of appeals, he left parliamentary life. He became president of the court of appeals in 1877, and, at the death of Chief-Justice William H. Draper, chief justice of Ontario in 1878.