Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed, as a fee or estate in fee, to a certain order of succession, or to certain heirs.

the word “general,” in such case, implying that there is no other restriction upon the descent of the estate than that it must go in the male line. So an estate in

A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one’s substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell.

Fr. Ill old French law. A tax or assessment levied by the king, or by any great lord, upon his subjects, usually taking the form of an imposition upon the owners of

In Scotch law. An entail. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exer- cising his inherent right of disposing of his property, settles upon others than those to whom it

A conviction of felony, or the person so convicted. Cowell.

1. To lay hold of; to gain or receive into possession; to seize; to deprive one of the possession of; to assume ownership. Thus, it is a constitutional provision that a man’s

One who takes or acquires; particularly, one who takes an estate by devise. When an estate is granted subject to a remainder or executory devise, the devisee of the immediate interest is

In old pleading. The plaintiff’s count, declaration, or narrative of his case. 3 Bl. Comm. 293. The count or counting of money. Said to be derived from the same root as “tally.”

Lat Such; such men. When, by means of challenges or any other cause, a sufficient number of unexceptionable jurors does not appear at the trial, either party may pray a “tales,” as

So many’ of the by-standers. The emphatic words of the old writ awarded to the sheriff to make up a deficiency of jurors out of the persons present in court. 3 Bl.

A person summoned to act as a juror from among the by-standers in the court. Linehan v. State, 113 Ala. 70. 21 South. 497; Shields v. Niagara County Sav. Bank, 5 Thomp.

ishment of an Injury by an act of tbe same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin. Talis interpretatio semper fiends est, nt evitetur absurdum

Upon pleading the judgment of an inferior court, tbe proceedings preliminary to such judgment, and on which the same was founded, must, to some extent, appear in the pleading, but the rule

A word used metaphorically for a share of a man’s substance paid by way of tribute, toll, or tax, being derived from the French “taillcr,” which signifies to cut a piece out

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer.

L. Lat. A term including all taxes. 2 Inst. 532; People v. Brooklyn, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 551; Bernards Tp. v. Allen, 61 N. J. Law. 22S, 39 Atl. 716.

A keeping account by tallies. Cowell.

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

L. Lat A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of any one’s Income or means. Spelman.