to entail an estate

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• 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 , 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 — (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 — [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 — entailer, n. entailment, n. v. /en tayl /; n. /en tayl , en tayl/, v.t. 1. to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret. 2. to impose as a burden: Success entails hard work. 3. to limit the passage of (a landed …   Universalium

• entail — v. To settle or limit the succession to real property; to create an estate tail n. A fee abridged or limited to the issue, or certain classes of issue, instead of descending to all the heirs. Break or bar an entail. To free an estate from the… …   Black's law dictionary

• entail — v. To settle or limit the succession to real property; to create an estate tail n. A fee abridged or limited to the issue, or certain classes of issue, instead of descending to all the heirs. Break or bar an entail. To free an estate from the… …   Black's law dictionary

• entail — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English entailen, entaillen, from 1en + taile, taille limitation more at tail Date: 14th century 1. to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner s lineal descendants or to a particular class …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• entail — 1. noun That which is entailed. Hence: An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. 2. verb a) To imply or …   Wiktionary

• entail — en•tail v. [[t]ɛnˈteɪl[/t]] n. [[t]also ˈɛn teɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: This project will entail a lot of work[/ex] 2) law to limit the passage of (real property) to a specified line or category of… …   From formal English to slang