ENTAIL
\ɛntˈe͡ɪl], \ɛntˈeɪl], \ɛ_n_t_ˈeɪ_l]\
Definitions of ENTAIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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land received by fee tail
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the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
By Princeton University
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That which is entailed.
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An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
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The rule by which the descent is fixed.
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Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
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To appoint hereditary possessor.
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To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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That which is entailed.
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An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
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The rule by which the descent is fixed.
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Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
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To appoint hereditary possessor.
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To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To cut off an estate from the heirs-general, and settle it on a particular heir or series of heirs: to bring on as an inevitable consequence:-pr.p. entailing; pa.p. entailed'.
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An estate entailed': the rule of descent of an estate.
By Daniel Lyons
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An entailed estate, or its rule of descent.
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Entailment.
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To settle an estate on a particular heir or series of heirs; to bring on as a consequence.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Entailment.
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To devolve upon a successor; bring upon another as a consequence or legacy; limit by entail.
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An inalienable inheritance.
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An estate limited to a particular class of heirs.
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The act of entailing, or the state of being entailed.
By James Champlin Fernald
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