Entail
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A fee abridged or limited to the issue, or certain classes of issue, instead of descending to all the heirs.
1 Washb. Real Prop. 66; Cowell; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 112, note.
To restrict the inheritance of lands to a particular class of issue.
1 Washb. Real Prop. 66; 2 Sharswood, BL Comm. 113.
See "Estates;" "Tail."