- fee tail
- noun (plural fees tail) Etymology: Middle English fee taille, from Anglo-French fé taillé entailed fee Date: 15th century a fee limited to a particular class of heirs
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fee tail — see fee 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fee tail n. A conveyance of prop … Law dictionary
Fee tail — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fee tail — n. 〚Anglo Fr fee tailé < fee (see FEE) + tailé, pp. of taillir, to cut, limit (OFr taillier): see TAILOR〛 an estate in real property which may be inherited only by a specified class of heirs … Universalium
fee tail — n. [Anglo Fr fee tailé < fee (see FEE) + tailé, pp. of taillir, to cut, limit (OFr taillier): see TAILOR] an estate in real property which may be inherited only by a specified class of heirs, usually the natural children of the owner … English World dictionary
fee tail — fee′ tail′ n. law See under fee 2), a) • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF … From formal English to slang
Fee tail — Entail redirects here. For other uses, see Entail (disambiguation). Property law … Wikipedia
fee tail — noun a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away • Hypernyms: ↑fee * * * noun (plural fees tail) Etymology: Middle English fee taille, from Anglo French fé taillé, from Old French fé fee, fief +… … Useful english dictionary
fee tail male or female — n. An estate limited to male or female lines of descent. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
fee tail — noun (plural fees tail) Law, chiefly historical a type of tenure in land with restrictions (entailments) regarding the line of heirs to whom it may be willed. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. fee tailé (see fee, tail2) … English new terms dictionary
fee tail — /fi ˈteɪl/ (say fee tayl) noun Law (formerly) an estate of inheritance in land with restrictions regarding the line of heirs to whom it may be willed. Compare fee simple. {Anglo French fee tailé literally, feoff limited fee (def. 4) …
