† tachmenttachementn.
Obsolete.
1. Something attached; an appurtenance.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > an adjunct to property
pertinence1379
pertinent1396
tachment?a1400
connex1540
annexation1611
pertinency1651
pertainment1674
appendage1694
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1568 I ȝif the for thy tyþandez [MS. thyȝandez] Tolouse þe riche, The tolle and þe tachementez, tavernez and oþer.
2. A judicial seizure or apprehension of one's person or goods; elliptical the writ authorizing such seizure: = attachment n. 1, 2.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > taking property into judicial power
tachment14..
attachment?1592
14.. Customs Malton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 58 Noo othyr Balyffe schal make no tachement nor somond.
a1469 J. Strange in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 393 Be the wey of tachementes owte of the Chauncere.
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xvii. sig. E3 Ye haue a parcyall lawe in making of tachmentys, first come, first seruyd.
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