(A) comm. law. A denomination of money in China. (B) In old pleading. The plaintiff’s count, declaration, or narrative of his case 8 Bl. Comm. 293. The count or counting of money. Said to be derived from the same root as “tally.” Cowell. Whence also the modern word “teller”.
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