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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}.]
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Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
{scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when
upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}.
--Blackstone.
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Tallage \Tal"lage\, v. t.
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
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