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Webster 1913 Edition


Tailzie

Tail′zie

(-zĭ or -yĭ)
,
Noun.
[F.
tailler
to cut. See
Tail
a limitation.]
(Scots Law)
An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
[Written also
tailzee
.]

Definition 2024


tailzie

tailzie

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Alternative forms

  • tailzee

Noun

tailzie (plural tailzies)

  1. (law, Scotland) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.