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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...
- 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...
- were rented by a tacksman and sublet to the actual farming tenants. Some tacksmen would have leases on several townships. The detailed working of run rig...
- 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...
- regiment was officered by the heavily armed tacksmen, with their subtenants acting as common soldiers. The tacksmen served in the front rank, taking proportionately...
- Red Fox's role in the local Highland Clearances, by four young Stewart tacksmen without the sanction of James of the Glens. There was a shooting contest...
- 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...
- from the 15th century to the present day. For the most part they were Tacksmen (Scottish Gaelic: Fear-Taic, meaning "supporting man"), land-holders of...
- 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...