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Definition :

Entail [fr. feudum talliatum, Lat.; entaille, Fr., from tailler, to cut], an estate settled with regard to the rule of its descent. See TAIL. As to Scotland, see (English) Entail (Scotland) Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 43).

A few abridged or limited to the owners issue or class of issue, rather than descending to all heirs, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.