Tallage
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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 "tattler," which signifies to cut a piece out of the whole.
Cowell. See State v. Switzler, 148 Mo. 287, 45 S. W. 245, 40 L. R. A. 280,65 Am. St. Rep. 653; Lake Shore, etc., R. Co. v. Grand Rapids, 102 Mich. 374, 60 N. W. 767, 29 L. R. A. 195.