1. Noun
That which is entailed.
2. Noun
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
3. Noun
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
4. Noun
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
5. Noun
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
6. Noun
To appoint hereditary possessor.
7. Noun
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
8. Noun
the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
9. Verb
have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
10. Noun
land received by fee tail
Vocabulary classified under Law
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