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Tacksman

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Scotch law. A tenant. TACTIS SACROSANCTIS (Law Lat.)

In old English law. Touching the holy (evangelists). Pleta, lib. 3, c. 16, § 21. "A bishop may swear visis evangeliis (looking TACTIS SACROSANCTIS SCRIPTURIS (Lat.)

In old European law. Touching the holy Scriptures. Feud. lib. 2, tit. 2, pr. Sacrosanctis evangeliis tactis. Code, 3. 1. 14. 1. TACTO PER SE SANCTO EVANGELIC (Law Lat.) Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Eliz. 105. The description of a corporal oath.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. A tenant or lessee; one to whom a tack is granted. 1 Forb. Inst, pt 2, p. 153.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. A tenant or lessee; the grantee of a tack.