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TALLAGE

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

TALLAGERS

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer.

TALLAGIUM

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.

TALLEY, or TALLY

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

TALLIA

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

TALTARUM’S CASE

A case reported In Yearb. 12 Edw. IV. 19-21, which is regarded as having established the foundation of common recoveries.

TAM QUAM

A phrase used as the name of a writ of error from inferior courts, when the error is supposed to be as well in giving the judgment as in awarding execution upon

TAME

Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wild- ness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are described as domitce naturce.

TAMEN

Lat Notwithstanding; nevertheless ; yet.

TANGIBLE PROPERTY

Property which may be touched; such as is perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used in Opposition to such species of property as patents, franchises,

TANISTRY

In old Irish law. A species of tenure, founded on ancient usage, which allotted the inheritance of lands, castles, etc., to the “oldest and worthiest man of the deceased’s name and blood.”

TANTEO

Span. In Spanish law. Preemption. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 3.

TANTO, RIGHT OF

In Mexican law. Tlie right enjoyed by an usufructuary of property, of buying the property at the same price at which the owner offers It to any other person, or Is willing

TARDE VENIT

Lat. In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before the return-day.

TARE

A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise by reason of the weight of tlie box, cask, bag, or other receptacle which contains it and is weighed with it. Also an

TARIFF

A cartel of commerce, a book of rates, a table or catalogue, drawn usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several kinds of merchandise, with the duties or customs to be

TASSUM

In old English law. A heap; a liay-mow, or hay-stack. Focnum in tassis, hay In stacks. Reg. Orig. 90.

TATH

In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, the lords of manors anciently claimed tlie privilege of having their tenants’ flocks or sheep brought at night upon their own demesne lands, there to

TAURI LIBERI LIBERTAS

Lat A common bull; because he was free to all the tenants within such a manor, liberty, etc.

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