Tail
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Limitation; abridgment Tall after possibility of issue extinct: the estate of a widower having no issue, holding lands under a grant in tail special. Tail female: an estate limited to a man and the female heirs of his body. Tail general: an estate Umited to a man and the lawful heire of his body. Tail male: an estate limited to a man and the male heirs of his body.