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ˈsubtack Sc. Law.
[f. sub- 9 (b) + tack n.2]
A tack or lease granted by a superior to an inferior tenant.
1681Stair Inst. Law Scot. i. xix. §22. 384 A Sub-tack is that which is granted by the principal Tacks-man to his Subtennent. 1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §34 A subtack requires the same solemnities as a principal tack. 1792Spalding Hist. Scot. I. 338 He had already set in subtack these customs of Aberdeen and Banff to the town of Aberdeen. 1838in W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 951.
Hence ˈsubtacksman, one who holds a subordinate tack at the hands of a tacksman.
1681Stair Inst. Law Scot. 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. 1733P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 213 The Sub-tacksman of this Duty can easily put the Law in Execution against them. 1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §34 The subtacksman is tenant, not to the proprietor, but to the principal tacksman. |