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Tallage
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What's The Definition Of Tallage?Synonyms | Synonyms for Tallage: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tallage: See Also | Tallage In Webster's Dictionary \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}.]
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.
\Tal"lage\, v. t. To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage. |
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