Definitions for fee tail
fee tail

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1. fee tailverb

   a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away

2. fee-tail, entailverb

   limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

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1. fee tailnoun

   An estate in land at common law wherein the land is inherited, but can not be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death.

2. Etymology: Derived from the Middle Latin foedum talliatum.

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1. Fee tail

   In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust established by deed or settlement which restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically by operation of law to an heir determined by the settlement deed. The term fee tail is from Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut(-short) fee" and is in contrast to "fee simple" where no such restriction exists and where the possessor has an absolute title (although subject to the allodial title of the monarch) in the property which he can bequeath or otherwise dispose of as he wishes. Equivalent legal concepts exist or formerly existed in many other European countries and elsewhere.

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1. fee tail

   A fee tail is a legal provision in a property deed or will that limits the inheritance of that property to a specific line of heirs, usually along direct biological or bloodlines. It essentially prevents the property from being sold or given away. This means that the property must pass from generation to generation within a particular family until there are no more descendants left. This type of provision was common in English law, but is now largely abolished or modified in most jurisdictions.

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1. Fee tail

   In common law, fee tail or entail is an estate of inheritance in real property which prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated, but which passes automatically by operation of law to the property owner's heirs upon his or her death. The term fee tail is derived from the Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut-short fee". The fee tail has been abolished in many jurisdictions, but its purpose was to keep family estates intact in the main line of succession. It also had the effect of disabling illegitimate children from inheriting. The fee tail, however, created complications for many propertied families, especially from about the late 17th to the early 19th centuries, leaving many individuals wealthy in land but still heavily in debt, with them not being able to sell any part of their land nor offer the property as security for a loan. The ostensible owner of the property had the equivalent of a life interest which was automatically extinguished on their death, with the remainder going to their successor or heir in law.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fee tail in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fee tail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fee tail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fee_Tail
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee_Tail
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fee tail