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General tail
Matched in: Term General tail
Sciuroid
Resembling the tail of a squirrel generally said of branches which are close and dense or of spikes of grass like barley
Tail
Matched in: Term Tail
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Shelley's case, Rule in
remainder in the heirs male of A.'s body, the second remainder vets in A. as a remainder in tail male general, and is not in contingency or abeyance, nevertheless waiting for, and continuing expectant on, the determination … connected with the quantity of estate which a tenant may hold in realty, is the antique feudal doctrine generally known as the rule in Shelley's Case, which is reported by Lord Coke in 1 Rep. 93 b
heir
presumptive in this entry heir at law : heir heir general pl: heirs general : heir heir in tail : an heir to a fee-tail estate called also heir of entail heir of the body : an … will used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law called also heir at law heir general legal heir compare issue b in the civil law of Louisiana : one who succeeds to the estate
Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in
Matched in: Term Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in
Tenants-in-common with cross remainders in tail
Matched in: Term Tenants-in-common with cross remainders in tail
Strict settlement
children, to the first and other sons in tail-male, remainder to the first and other sons in tail general, remainder to the daughters as tenants in common in tail with cross remainders between them, remainder to the
Lyre bird
The common lyre bird Menura superba inhabiting New South Wales is about the size of a grouse Its general color is brown with rufous color on the throat wings tail coverts and tail Called also lyre pheasant
Estate
at the Common Law, afterwards called fees-tail in consequence of the Statute De Donis, which may be (i.) general or special, (ii.) male or female, (iii.) given in frank-marriage. (B) Freeholds not of inheritance, sub-divided into-- (a)
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