Lating meaning a table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood which when covered with wax was used for writing. … [Read more...] about TABULA
TACK
(verb) - To annex some junior lien to a first Hen, thereby acquiring priority over an intermediate one. See TACKING.(noun) - In Scotch Law, a term corresponding to the English "lease," and denoting the same species of contract. Tack duty. Kent reserved upon a lease. … [Read more...] about TACK
TACITURNITY
In Scotch law, this signifies laches in not prosecuting a legal claim, or in acquiescing in an adverse one. Mozley A Whitley. … [Read more...] about TACITURNITY
TAIL, ESTATE IN
An estate of inheritance, which, instead of descending to heirs generally, goes to the heirs of the donee's body, which means his lawful issue, his children, and through them to his grandchildren in a direct line, so long as his posterity endures in a regular order and course of descent, and upon the death of the first owner without issue, the estate determines. 1 Washb. Real … [Read more...] about TAIL, ESTATE IN
TAC, TAK
In old records. A kind of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell. Tac free. In old records. Free from the common duty or imposition of tac. Cowell. … [Read more...] about TAC, TAK