TALTARUM’ S CASE

A case reported in Yearb. 12 Edw. IV. 19-21, which is regarded as having established the foundation of common recoveries. … [Read more...] about TALTARUM’ S CASE

Hebrew word meaning the teaching and referring to the oral Torah or the codified texts that make up the Jewish Rabbinic commentary on the Torah or Old Testament. It consists of the Mishnah and Gemara, which documents the disputes of Jewish law between Rabbinical scholars and how they were resolved. It was codified and completed circa 500 CE. … [Read more...] about TALMUD

evidence. The parts of a piece of wood out in two, which persons use to denote the quantity of goods supplied by one to the other. … [Read more...] about TALLIES

L. Latin: A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of any one's Income or means. Spelman. … [Read more...] about TALLIA

A stick cut Into two parts, on each whereof is marked, with notches or otherwise, what is due between debtor and creditor. It was the ancient mode of keeping accounts. One part was held by the creditor, and the other by the debtor. The use of tallies in the exchequer was abolished by St. 23 Geo. III. c. 82, and the old tallies were ordered to be destroyed by St. 4 … [Read more...] about TALLEY, OR TALLY