Lat. A plank in a shipwreck. This phrase is used metaphorically to designate the power subsisting in a third mortgagee, who took with- out notice of the second mortgage, to acquire the

Lat. In Roman law. Tables. Writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius.

Lat A notary, or ta- bellio. Calvin.

In old records. A kind of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell.

Silent; not expressed; implied or inferred; manifested by the refraining from contradiction or objection; inferred from the situation and circumstances, in the absence of express matter. Thus, tacit consent is consent inferred

he would have no right to do but in his capacity as heir. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 98S.

Lat Silently; impliedly; tacitly.

In Scotch law, this signifies laches in not prosecuting a legal claim, or in acquiescing in an adverse one. Mozley & Whitley.

To annex some junior lien to a first lien, thereby acquiring priority over an intermediate one. See TACKING.

In Scotch law. A term corresponding to the English “lease,” and denoting the same species of contract.

The uniting securities given at different times, so as to prevent any inter- mediate purchaser from claiming a title to redeem or otherwise discharge one lien, which is jjrior, without redeeming or

In Scotch law. A tenant or lessee; oue to whom a tack is granted. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 153.

Lat. In old English law. Touching the holy evangelists. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 16,

Lat. Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Eliz. 105.The description of a corporal oath.

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.