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Definition: Estate in tail
Tail
\Tail\, n. [F. taille a cutting. See
Entail,
Tally.]
(Law)
Limitation; abridgment. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an
estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other
heirs are precluded; -- called also
estate tail.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]