A synopsis in which many particulars are brought together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the names of persons … [Read more...] about TABLES
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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
TABULA
Lating meaning a table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood which when covered with wax was used for writing. … [Read more...] about TABULA
TAILAGE
A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one's substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell. … [Read more...] about TAILAGE
TABULA IN NAUFRAGIO
Latin: A plank in a shipwreck. This phrase is used metaphorically to designate the power subsisting in a third mortgagee, who took without notice of the second mortgage, to acquire-the flrst Incumbrance, attach it to his own, and thus squeeze out and get satisfaction, before the second is admitted to the fund. … [Read more...] about TABULA IN NAUFRAGIO