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.