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Tacksman   Listen
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Tacksman  n.  (pl. tacksmen)  (Scots Law) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. "The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains."






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"Tacksman" Quotes from Famous Books



... mortals. In short, they treat them like beasts of burden; and in all respects like slaves attached to the soil, as they cannot obtain new habitations, on account of the combinations already mentioned, and are entirely at the mercy of the laird or tacksman. Formerly, the personal service of the tenant did not usually exceed eight or ten days in the year. There lives at present at Scalpa, in the isle of Harris, a tacksman of a large district, who instead of six days' work paid by the sub-tenants to his predecessor in the lease, ...
— An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America • J. P. MacLean



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