intail, involve, cause; require; demand; set a limitation on who may inherit an estate or property
legal limitation which determines who may inherit an estate or property; predetermined succession for a position or office
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Entail Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
(n.)
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
(n.)
To appoint hereditary possessor.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
(n.)
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
(n.)
That which is entailed.
That which is entailed.
(n.)
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
(n.)
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
entail
\en*tail"\ (?), n. [oe. entaile carving, of. entaille, f., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (l. in) + tailler to cut; ll. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. see tail limitation, tailor.]
1. that which is entailed. hence: (law) (a) an estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) the rule by which the descent is fixed. a power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. ume.
2. delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [obs.] "a work of rich entail."
entail
\en*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. entailing.] [oe. entailen to carve, of. entailler. see entail, n.] 1. to settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. allowing them to entail their estates. ume. i here entail the crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
2. to appoint hereditary possessor. [obs.] to entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
3. to cut or carve in a ornamental way. [obs.] entailed with curious antics.
To involve; necessitate.
Noun
1. land received by fee tail
(hypernym) estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
2. the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
(hypernym) change
Verb
1. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
(synonym) imply, mean
(hypernym) necessitate
(derivation) deduction, entailment, implication
2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
(synonym) implicate
(hypernym) bring about
3. limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
(synonym) fee-tail
(hypernym) bequeath, will, leave
Entail Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Entail Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
At common law, fee tail or entail is an estate of inheritance in real property which cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death. The term fee tail is derived from the Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut-short fee."
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