Canadian English Meaning of entail

entail

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Definitions and Meaning of entail in English

Wordnet

entail (n)

land received by fee tail

the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

Wordnet

entail (v)

have as a logical consequence

impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

Webster

entail (n.)

That which is entailed.

An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.

The rule by which the descent is fixed.

Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

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.

To appoint hereditary possessor.

To cut or carve in a ornamental way.

FAQs About the word entail

entail

land received by fee tail, the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple, have as a logical consequence, impose, involve, or imply

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exclude,leave (out),omit,preclude,prevent,prohibit,ban,bar,debar,deny

entad => Headline, entackle => untangle, entablement => entablature, entablature => entablature, ent man => man,