entail — en·tail 1 /in tāl/ vt [Middle English entaillen, from en , causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail]: to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail: limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to… … Law dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
entail — en‧tail [ɪnˈteɪl] noun [uncountable] LAW when ownership of land and property can only pass to a certain person, especially the oldest son, when the owner dies: • Until the eighteenth century aristocratic landed property was generally governed by… … Financial and business terms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entail — (from French tailler , to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned) may refer to:* Fee tail, a term of art in common law describing a limited form of succession. * Entailment, a logical relation between sentences of a formal… … Wikipedia
entail — (v.) mid 14c., convert (an estate) into fee tail (feudum talliatum), from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make + taile legal limitation, especially of inheritance, ruling who succeeds in ownership and preventing it from being sold off, from Anglo Fr. taile,… … Etymology dictionary
entail — [v] require; result in bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle; concepts 242,646 … New thesaurus
entail — ► VERB 1) involve (something) as an inevitable part or consequence. 2) Law settle the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that it remains within a family. ► NOUN Law ▪ an instance of entailing property. DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary
entail — [en tāl′, intāl′] vt. [ME entailen < en , in + taile, talie, an agreement < OFr taillié, pp. of taillier, to cut: see TAILOR] 1. Law to limit the inheritance of (real property) to a specific line or class of heirs 2. to cause or require as… … English World dictionary
Entail — L’entail, ou fee tail, est un ancien terme juridique anglais, qui désigne une propriété reçue en héritage, consistant en biens immobiliers, et qui ne peut être ni vendue, ni transmise par héritage ni aliénée par son propriétaire de quelque façon… … Wikipédia en Français
