Quasi Entail

Quasi-entail. An estate pur autre vie may be granted, not only to a man and his heirs, but to a man and the heirs of his body, which is termed a quasi-entail; the interest so granted not being properly an estate-tail (for the statute De Donis applies only where the subject of the entail is an estate of inheritance), but yet so far in the nature of an estate-tail, that it will go to the heir of the body as special occupant during the life of the cestui que vie, in the same manner as an estate of inheritance would descend, if limited to the grantee and the heirs of his body. And such estate may also be granted with a remainder thereon during the life of the cestui que vie; and the alienation of the quasi tenant-in-tail will bar not only his issue, but those in remainder. The alienation, however, for that purpose (unlike that of an estate-tail, properly so called), might, before 1926, have been effected by any method of conveyance except a will; after 1926, these estates became equitable interests only and may be devised or barred by will. See AUTRE VIE.