Entail

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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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