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Meaning of Entail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɛnˈteɪl

Definitions

  1. That which is entailed.
  2. An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
  3. The rule by which the descent is fixed.
  4. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.”
“All land acquired by inheritance must follow the Khasi law of entail, by which property descends from the mother to the youngest daughter, and again from the latter to her youngest daughter.”
“A worke of rich entayle.”

CEFR level

C2
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