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Tenant in tail

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who holds an estate in fee-tail, that is, an estate which, by the instrument creating it, is limited to some particular heirs, exclusive of others ; as to the heirs of his body or to the heirs, male or female, of his body.

Defined under Tenant in Black's Law Dictionary.