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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Law)

A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.

Bouvier.

☞ The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in American law.

Kent.

ppr.

Changing a ship's course.

tacking ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tackings)

loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
(nautical) the act of changing tack
(law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.

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act of changing tack

tacking