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Tailzie

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the Scotch law, an arbitrary line of succession laid down by a proprietor, in substitution of a legal line of succession. A deed of tailzie creates a Scotch entail by which, until 11 & 12 Vict. c.

36, 16 & 17 Vict. c. 94, and 31 & 32 Vict. c.

84, an estate might be tied up forever.

See, also, 38 & 39 Vict. c. 61.