Law Dictionary Definitions

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…

tacking. 1. The joining of consecutive periods of possession by different persons to treat the periods as one continuous period; esp., the adding of one’s own period of land possession to that of a prior possessor to establish continuous adverse possession for the statutory period. See [Blacks Law 8th]

To add (one’s own period of land possession) to a prior possessor’s period to establish continuous adverse possession for the statutory period. [Cases: Adverse Possession 43. C.J.S. Adverse Possession § 154.] 2. To annex (a junior lien) to a first lien to acquire priority over an intermediate lien. [Blacks Law 8th]

tack,n. Scots law. A deed creating a lease of land or other immovable property for an annual rent payable in money, services, or fruits produced on the land. • The lessee may be referred to as a tacksman or tackswoman. — tack,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

tacit remission.See REMISSION. [Blacks Law 8th]

tacit-relocation doctrine.The principle under which a lease is presumed to continue (usu. for a one-year period) beyond its expiration date because of the parties’ failure to indicate that the agreement should terminate at the stipulated date. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 115(1).] [Blacks Law 8th]