subtackn.
/ˈsʌbˌtak/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌtæk/ Scots Law. Now rare.
A tack or lease granted by a superior to an inferior tenant; a sublease. †in subtack: on subleasing terms (obsolete).
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society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] > taking on rent or lease > lease > sub-lease
subtack1574
under-lease1699
sub-demisea1715
sublease1758
sublet1833
1574 Baillie Court Bk. Carrick, Ayrshire 20 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Subtak Thairin allegit Katherine Kennedy to be takkiswoman of the said land and producit bot ane pretendit subtak maid be ane allegit takisman.
1621 in R. C. MacLeod Bk. Dunvegan (1938) I. 63 And to set subtakis of the saidis personage and viccarage teinds..to quhatsumiver persone or persones as they sall think expedient.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 88 He had alreddie set in subtak these customs of Abirdein and Banf to the toune of Abirdein.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xix. §22. 384 A Sub-tack is that which is granted by the principal Tacks-man to his Subtennent.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. vi. §34. 265 A subtack requires the same solemnities as a principal tack.
1831 Times 12 Sept. 6/1 It had been alleged that..a sub-tack was executed by the bank in favour of the bankrupts.
1891 Incorporation of Bakers of Glasgow 11 Robert Graham of Kilmannan,..assigned and renounced in favour of the Incorporation..his right under a sub-tack granted by him to Thomas Edmond.
1913 Eng. Hist. Rev. 28 685 He granted sub-tacks to a number of burghs.
1951 Times 18 Aug. 8/6 (advt.) The ground extends to over 2 acres: feu and tack duties. £24 5s. 8d. Sub-tack duties receivable. £26 8s.
Derivatives
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > subordinate
subtacksman1602
sublessee1651
underlessee1730
sub-renter1787
1602 J. Melvill in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VI. 178 The said principall tacksmen sall grant and renew the like securitie to their sub-tacksmen.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xix. §22. 385 The Heretor is not oblieged to know the Sub-tack, nor to call the Sub~tacksmen, in the Reduction of the principal Tack.
1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 213 The Sub-tacksman of this Duty can easily put the Law in Execution against them.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. vi. §34. 265 The subtacksman is tenant, not to the proprietor, but to the principal tacksman.
1817 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 322 The thirled lands had been under various states of occupancy;—sometimes all occupied by one farmer—sometimes by two—or, reckoning subtacksmen, by three, four, or five.
1862 W. Buchanan Treat. Law of Scotl. on Teinds or Tithes ii. 158 The burden should be laid upon the tacksmen, or in case of their refusal, upon the sub-tacksmen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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