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Tallage — or talliage (from the French tailler, i.e. a part cut out of the whole) may have signified at first any tax, but became in England and France a landuse or land tenure tax. Later in England it was further limited to assessments by the crown upon… … Wikipedia
tallage — [ talaʒ ] n. m. • 1860; de taller ♦ Agric. 1 ♦ Ensemble des talles; quantité des tiges adventices produites par un pied (d une plante herbacée). Le tallage d une variété de blé. 2 ♦ Production des talles. Par ext. Phase de la pousse des céréales… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tallage — des plantes d orge Le tallage est une propriété de nombreuses espèces de poacées (graminées) qui leur permet de produire de multiples tiges à partir de la plantule initiale assurant ainsi la formation de touffes denses. Ce phénomène est favorisé… … Wikipédia en Français
Tallage — 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}.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tallage — 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}.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tallage — Tal lage, v. t. To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tallage — [tal′ij] n. [ME taillage < OFr: see TAIL2 & AGE] in feudalism a) a tax levied by kings upon towns and crown lands b) a tax levied by a feudal lord upon his tenants vt. tallaged, tallaging to levy a tallage upon; … English World dictionary
tallage — index assessment (levy), duty (tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tallage — tallage, or tailage /taebj/teylaj/ A piece cut out of the whole. Used metaphorically for a share of a man s substance paid by way of tribute, toll, or tax, being derived from the French tailler, which signifies to cut a piece out of the whole. A… … Black's law dictionary
tallage — /tal ij/, n. 1. Medieval Hist. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor. 2. a compulsory tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings of England upon the demesne lands of the crown and upon all royal towns. [1250 1300; ME taillage … Universalium
Tallage — Tax imposed by both the Norman and the early *Plantagenet kings upon towns and *demesne lands of the crown. Royal tallages were sometimes imposed before parliament claimed its right of review of money matters. A *villein would also have to pay… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
