FEE TAIL


Meaning of FEE TAIL in English

■ 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 ).

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