estate tail
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
estate tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate tail — noun : an estate of inheritance held in fee tail … Useful english dictionary
estate tail after possibility of issue extinct — See fee tail after possibility of issue extinct … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate tail female — See fee tail female … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate tail general — See fee tail general … Ballentine's law dictionary
