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Quasi-entail

statute De Donis applies only where the subject of the entail is an estate of inheritance), but yet so far in

Tailzie, or Entail

Tailzie, or Entail, an arbitrary line of succession laid down by a proprietor,

Entail

Entail [fr. feudum talliatum, Lat.; entaille, Fr., from tailler, to cut],

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Entailed money

Entailed money, money directed to be invested in realty to be

entail

entail [Middle English entaillen, from en-, causative prefix + taille restriction

Entailment

The act of entailing or of giving as an estate and directing the mode

Tail

creature of the statute De Donis. The estate, if the entail be not barred, reverts to the donor or reversioner, if

Recovery

enlarged his estate-tail into a fee-simple and so barred the entail, and all remainders and reversions expectant there-on, with all conditions

Perpetuity

from the per-petuity rule:- (1) A limitation expectant upon an entail, for it can be destroyed by barring the entail; but

Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

extinct, Tenant in. This estate arises out of a special entail as to the parentage of the issue, when the express

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