TEd offered: It's listed as an obsolete noun in OED: to do an action "without tarry." In the back of my mind I've got a feeling that it might also be one of those state of the art words in the legal profession, meaning the same thing.

Oh, I see. Silly me. Of course, I should have realised that it wasn't something you have, it's something you don't have. What's more, if you did have it, it would necessarily (and by OED definition) be obsolete.

I won't comment on its use in the legal profession. I've never met a lawyer who considered him/herself obsolete, or being a tarry. What's worse, they confuse fees with phone numbers.

Thanks, TEd


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