- male estate tail
- An estate tail in which the distinctive limitation is to male heirs of the donee's body. Restatement, Property § 78, comments B, C, D; 29 Am J2d Est § 45.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
male estate tail
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