Tailzie

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Tail´zie

(~zĭ or -yĭ)

(Scots Law) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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In 1513 he was knighted, and (an unusual step) made |heir of tailzie' to his father in the absence of legitimate children.

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