Tabula
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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A board or plank. Tabula in naufragio: a plank in a shipwreck,— a iigurative expression used to denote that preference or priority among mortgagees which is gained by tacking. In the civil law. A table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood which, when covered with wax, was used for writing; an instrument written on such a tablet