- barring the entail
- Defeating an estate tail and the onerous effect of the Statute de Donis by common recovery or fine. 19 Am J1st Est § 50. See common recovery; fine.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
barring the entail
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