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Tailzie   Listen
noun
Tailzie  n.  (Written also tailzee)  (Scots Law) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Tailzie" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, it is not easy to say distinctly who you are at present, but I trust in a short time to hail you by the title of Henry Bertram, Esq., representative of one of the oldest families in Scotland, and heir of Tailzie and provision to the estate of Ellangowan. Ay," continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself, "we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer; the only wise man of his family, ...
— Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott



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