Tack
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
A contract of location by which the use of land or any other immovable subject is let to the lessee or tacksman for a certain yearly rent, either in money, the fruits of the ground, or services.
Ersk. Inst. 2. 6. 8.
This word is nearly synonymous with "lease."