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Definition of Tacksman
1. n. One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
Definition of Tacksman
1. Noun. (Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete spelling of taxman) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tacksman
1. a lessee [n TACKSMEN] - See also: lessee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacksman
Literary usage of Tacksman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1805)
"Sometimes the tacksman allows a portion of his own tillage 1U"U lor h is cot 1er;
sume times a small separate croft is laid off for him ; ami he is ..."
2. Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754 ...by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies, William Maxwell Morison by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies, William Maxwell Morison (1813)
"And yet a new tack being granted the second year, and intimated to the former
tacksman only in June, that second tacks- man was preferred for that second ..."
3. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"A party who refused to pay custom or pontage dues, was allowed to cross the
bridge, and was apprehended on the information of the tacksman of the dues, ..."
4. Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: From 1766 to 1791 by Scotland Court of Session, David Dalrymple, Mungo Ponton Brown (1826)
"The Court must begin ab ovo : there is now no tacksman ; all are in part casu.
... NB—The question of the power of a tacksman to allocate, whether the term ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"No person shall act as trustee whilst he holds any place or employment of profit
under the act, or who shall be a tacksman of the tolls, and any person not ..."
6. A Short History of the Scottish Highlands and Isles by William Cook Mackenzie (1906)
"... of sheep farming—The disappearance of the tacksman—Kelp in the Hebrides—The
disastrous effects of the fall in prices—Forced emigration—The "Sutherland ..."
7. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1805)
"Sometimes the tacksman allows a portion of his own tillage 1U"U lor h is cot 1er;
sume times a small separate croft is laid off for him ; ami he is ..."
8. Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754 ...by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies, William Maxwell Morison by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies, William Maxwell Morison (1813)
"And yet a new tack being granted the second year, and intimated to the former
tacksman only in June, that second tacks- man was preferred for that second ..."
9. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"A party who refused to pay custom or pontage dues, was allowed to cross the
bridge, and was apprehended on the information of the tacksman of the dues, ..."
10. Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: From 1766 to 1791 by Scotland Court of Session, David Dalrymple, Mungo Ponton Brown (1826)
"The Court must begin ab ovo : there is now no tacksman ; all are in part casu.
... NB—The question of the power of a tacksman to allocate, whether the term ..."
11. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"No person shall act as trustee whilst he holds any place or employment of profit
under the act, or who shall be a tacksman of the tolls, and any person not ..."
12. A Short History of the Scottish Highlands and Isles by William Cook Mackenzie (1906)
"... of sheep farming—The disappearance of the tacksman—Kelp in the Hebrides—The
disastrous effects of the fall in prices—Forced emigration—The "Sutherland ..."
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