estate tail

estate tail
Tail Tail, n. [F. taille a cutting. See {Entail}, {Tally}.] (Law) Limitation; abridgment. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]

{Estate in tail}, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded; -- called also {estate tail}. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • estate tail — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • estate tail, quasi — When a tenant for life grants his estate to a man and his heirs, as these words, though apt and proper to create an estate tail, cannot do so, because the grantor, being only tenant for life, cannot grant in perpetuum, therefore they are said to… …   Black's law dictionary

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  • estate tail — noun : an estate of inheritance held in fee tail …   Useful english dictionary

  • estate tail — See fee tail …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • estate tail general — See fee tail general …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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