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entail
noun
That which is entailed. Hence:
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
:
"A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates."
— Hume.
(
obsolete
) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
"A work of rich entail."
— Spenser.
Translations:
Etymology:
From entaile carving from
entaille
, French, an
incision
, from
entailler
to cut away; prefix en- Latin + tailler to cut; late Latin feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited.
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