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TAM.abbr.TECHNICAL ADVICE MEMORANDUM. TAME tame,adj. (Of an animal) domesticated; accustomed to humans. See domestic animal under ANIMAL. [Cases: Animals 1. C.J.S. Animals §§ 2–8.] [Blacks Law 8th]

tally. 1.Hist. A stick cut into two parts and marked with notches to show what was due between a debtor and creditor. “The tally, used as a receipt for money or chattels, was a narrow wooden stick with notches of varying dimensions to represent the amount received. After the notches had been cut, the stick…

tallage. 1.Hist. An arbitrary tax levied by the monarch on towns and lands belonging to the crown. • Royal tallages were abolished in the 14th century when Parliament gained the power to approve or disapprove the monarch’s direct-taxation schemes. 2.Hist. A levy demanded by a feudal lord from tenants in lieu of the tenants’ provision…

talis qualis (tay-lis kway-lis). [Latin] Hist. Such as it is. • A purchaser who accepts title as it stands at the time of sale takes the title talis qualis. [Blacks Law 8th]

talisman (tal-is-m<>n), n. A charm, amulet, or other physical thing supposedly capable of working wonders . — talismanic (tal-is-man-ik), adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

tail,n. The limitation of an estate so that it can be inherited only by the fee owner’s issue or class of issue. See FEE TAIL; ENTAIL. — Also termed (in Scots law) tailzie (tay-lee). [Cases: Descent and Distribution 29; Estates in Property 12; Wills 604. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27; Wills § 1258.] several tail.A tail…

Taft–Hartley fund.See joint-welfare fund under FUND(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

Taft–Hartley Act.See LABOR–MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT [Blacks Law 8th]

. [Cases: Adverse Possession 39–56. C.J.S. Adverse Possession §§ 144, 149–205, 332.] 2. The joining of a junior lien with the first lien in order to acquire priority over an intermediate lien. [Cases: Mortgages 151(2). C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 204, 206, 209, 214.] [Blacks Law 8th]

“It is the established doctrine in the English law, that if there be three mortgages in succession, and all duly registered, or a mortgage, and then a judgment, and then a second mortgage upon the estate, the junior mortgagee may purchase in the first mortgage, and tack it to his mortgage, and by that contrivance…