■ 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. ~é (see fee , tail 2 ).
■ 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. ~é (see fee , tail 2 ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004