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TALLAGE (med. Lat. tallagium, Fr. tailage, from late Lat. talare, taleare, Fr. taUler, to cut, classical Lat. talea, a cutting, slip; cf. " tally " and the French taille, q.v.}, a special tax in England paid by cities, boroughs and royal demesnes. The word, va ...

TALLADEGA, a city and the couty-seat of Talladega county, Alabama, U.S.A., 35 m. E. of Birmingham. Pop. (1900) 5056 (2687 negroes); (1910) 5854. It is served by the Southern, the Louisville & Nashville and other railways. Talladega is situated in the foothills

... ember, but in that year Lord Lilford sold to the local board the market tolls, stallages and pickages, and since this sale the courts have lapsed. The earliest manufactures were iron and cotton. Silkweaving, formerly an extensive industry, has now almost entir ...

... he right of farming the shire at a fixed rent. He asserted his power to raise " tallages " — arbitrary taxation — from the citizens on occasion. Yet he left the foundations of municipal liberty untouched, and he was fairly liberal in granting charters which co ...