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Definition of Tacksmen

Tacksmen
Tacksman Tacks"man, n.; pl. Tacksmen. (Scots Law) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. --Sir W. Scott. The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the ``peerage' of the little community, must be the captains. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Tacksmen from wikipedia

- stability. The three fundamental obligations traditionally imposed on tacksmen were gr****um (a premium payable on entering into a lease), rental (either...
- The majority of townships were rented by tacksmen and sublet to the actual farming tenants. Some tacksmen would have leases on several townships. The...
- outside the Highlands. This is an oversimplification, as Gaelic-speaking tacksmen and drovers were to be found in the sheep trade from the 1780s. When sheep...
- Rents from those living within the clan estate were collected by the tacksmen. These lesser gentry acted as estate managers, allocating the runrig strips...
- Museum Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2013. McClure, David (1994). Tolls and Tacksmen. Ayr Arch & Nat Hist Soc. Ayrshire Monograph No. 13. p. 53. "A history...
- increase the income from their lands, the first step was the removal of the tacksmen. They were steadily eliminated over the last quarter of the 18th century...
- chiefs in the north-west emplo**** a traditional form of tenure requiring tacksmen to supply a number of armed sub-tenants on demand; this proved relatively...
- resettling the old tenants on the coast. Sellar had the ****istance of the local tacksmen in this and the process was conducted without unrest – despite the unpo****rity...
- typical Highland regiment was officered by tacksmen, with their subtenants providing the rank and file. Tacksmen served in the front rank, and thus incurred...
- was managed by her tutors. Attempts were made to dislodge many of the tacksmen on the estate at this time. Notable emigrations of tenants had taken place...