tailage

tailage
Tallage Tal"lage, Talliage Tal"li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913 Webster]

Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called {scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]


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  • Tailage — Tail age, n. (O. Eng. Law) See {Tallage}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tailage — tallage, or tailage /taebj/teylaj/ A piece cut out of the whole. Used metaphorically for a share of a man s substance paid by way of tribute, toll, or tax, being derived from the French tailler, which signifies to cut a piece out of the whole. A… …   Black's law dictionary

  • tailage — Burdens, charges, or impositions, put or set upon persons or property for public uses. Anno: 17 ALR 1059 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • tailage — …   Useful english dictionary

  • hidage — Tallage Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scutage — Tallage Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • taillage — Tallage Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tallage — Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tallage — Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Talliage — Tallage Tal lage, Talliage Tal li*age, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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