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Tailzie

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Tail; an entail. See Entail.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. An entail. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exercising his inherent right of disposing of his property, settles upon others than those to whom it would have descended by law. 1 Forb. Inst, pt 2, p. 101.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. An entail.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

sc. An entail; tail.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The term of Scotch law corresponding to entail.