different between macking vs tacking

English

macking

tacking

tacking (countable and uncountable, plural tackings)

(sewing) 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.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
  The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee
(law) The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession.

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