entail

1 land received by fee tail

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

1 have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: imply, mean]

2 impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: implicate]

3 limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs [syn: fee-tail]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪl

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.

Noun

1. 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.
2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
   • A work of rich entail. — Spenser.

Verb

en-verb entailing

1. To imply or require.

   This activity will entail careful attention to detail.

2. 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.
   • Allowing them to entail their estates. — Hume.
   • I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. — Shakespeare
3. To appoint hereditary possessor.
   • To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. — Shakespeare
4. To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
   • Entailed with curious antics. — Spenser.

Derived terms

• entailment

Translations

References

Entail (from French tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned).

• In law, a limited form of succession (q.v.).
• In architecture, the term entail denotes an ornamental device sunk in the ground of stone or brass, and subsequently filled in with marble, mosaic or enamel.
• In Logic, see: Entailment

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