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Dower

and tenements of which her husband dies possessed in fee-simple, fee-tail general, or as heir in special tail, which she holds

entail

] : to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance

heir

: heir heir in tail : an heir to a fee-tail estate called also heir of entail heir of the body

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Recto, Breve de

lands and tenements by charter in ancient demesne in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for term of life, or in dower, and was

Dote unde nihil habet

his lifetime, whereof he was solely seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, and of which she was dowable.--Fitz. N.B. 147

Right close, Writ of

who hold their lands by charter in fee-simple, or in fee tail, or for life, or in dower, Fitz. N.B. 11 F.;

Hotchpot

ancestor to her and her sister in fee-simple (not in fee-tail), she or her heirs shall have no share in them

Freehold

estate in real property of inheritance in fee simple or fee tail or for life or the tenure by which such estate

Dote assignanda

the king's tenant was seised of lands in fee or fee-tail at his death, and that he held of the king

Copyhold

freeholds, as an estate in fee-simple or (by particular custom) fee-tail, or for life, and he may have only a chattel

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