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vt<\/p><\/dt>\n

[Middle English entaillen<\/i>, from en<\/i>-, causative prefix + taille<\/i> restriction on inheritance see tail<\/a> ]
:<\/b> to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail
:<\/b> limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property [estates are ed<\/i> entire on the eldest male heir “Benjamin Franklin”]
en·tail·ment n<\/i>
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n 1<\/b> :<\/b> an act or instance of entailing real property
;also<\/i>
:<\/b> the practice of entailing property [the repeal of the laws of would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families “Thomas Jefferson”] see also De Donis Conditionalibus<\/i> in the Important Laws section
2<\/b> :<\/b> an entailed estate in real property [if s<\/i> had not become barrable “Eileen Spring”]
3<\/b> :<\/b> the fixed line of descent of an entailed estate <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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