estate in fee tail
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estate in fee-tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate in fee-tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
fee tail — see fee 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fee tail n. A conveyance of prop … Law dictionary
Fee tail — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fee tail — n. 〚Anglo Fr fee tailé < fee (see FEE) + tailé, pp. of taillir, to cut, limit (OFr taillier): see TAILOR〛 an estate in real property which may be inherited only by a specified class of heirs … Universalium
fee tail — n. [Anglo Fr fee tailé < fee (see FEE) + tailé, pp. of taillir, to cut, limit (OFr taillier): see TAILOR] an estate in real property which may be inherited only by a specified class of heirs, usually the natural children of the owner … English World dictionary
fee tail male or female — n. An estate limited to male or female lines of descent. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
Fee tail — Entail redirects here. For other uses, see Entail (disambiguation). Property law … Wikipedia
fee tail — noun a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away • Hypernyms: ↑fee * * * noun (plural fees tail) Etymology: Middle English fee taille, from Anglo French fé taillé, from Old French fé fee, fief +… … Useful english dictionary
fee tail — A freehold estate in which there is a fixed line of inheritable succession limited to the issue of the body of the grantee or devisee, and in which the regular and general succession of heirs at law is cut off. Coleman v. Shoemaker, 147 Kan. 689 … Black's law dictionary
