Tailzie

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tailzie \Tail"zie\ (-z[i^] or -y[i^]), n. [F. tailler to cut.
     See {Tail} a limitation.] (Scots Law)
     An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession
     is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also
     {tailzee}.]
     [1913 Webster]