tenant in fee tail
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Fee tail — Entail redirects here. For other uses, see Entail (disambiguation). Property law … Wikipedia
fee tail after possibility of issue extinct — An estate which is not a conventional one, but is of the legal kind and arises when a tenant is tenant in special tail and a person from whose body the issue was to spring, dies without issue; or, having left issue, that issue becomes extinct. In … Ballentine's law dictionary
Fee tail — This was tenure of property which could be inherited by or willed to a lineal descendant only. If there were no descendants of the body upon the death of the tenant, the land reverted to the lord. Such land was thus *en tailed. Cf. Fee simple;… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
fee — n [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1: an inheritable freehold estate in real property; esp: fee simple compare leasehold; life estate at estate … Law dictionary
tail — 1 n [Anglo French, literally, cutting, from Old French, from taillier to cut, prune] 1: the condition of being limited or restricted by entailing a tenant in tail 2: entail (2) tail 2 adj: limited as to tenure see al … Law dictionary
tenant — In the broadest sense, one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right or title, whether in fee, for life, for years, at will, or otherwise. In a more restricted sense, one who holds lands of another; one who has the temporary… … Black's law dictionary
fee — feeless, adj. /fee/, n., v., feed, feeing. n. 1. a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor s fee. 2. a sum paid or charged for a privilege: an admission fee. 3. a charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer. 4. Law. a … Universalium
fee — A charge fixed by law for services of public officers or for use of a privilege under control of government. Fort Smith Gas Co. v. Wiseman, 189 Ark. 675, 74 S.W.2d 789, 790. A recompense for an official or professional service or a charge or… … Black's law dictionary
fee — A charge fixed by law for services of public officers or for use of a privilege under control of government. Fort Smith Gas Co. v. Wiseman, 189 Ark. 675, 74 S.W.2d 789, 790. A recompense for an official or professional service or a charge or… … Black's law dictionary
fee — The royalty paid for the use of a patent or copyright under license. The charge made for services of a professional man, such as a lawyer, physician, or abstracter. 1 Am J2d Abstr T § 3, the charges for the services of a public officer in his… … Ballentine's law dictionary
