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Tail

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable

tail

tail [Anglo-French, literally, cutting, from Old French, from taillier to cut, prune] 1 : the condition of being limited

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Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in. This estate arises out of a special entail as to the

General tail

General tail, an estate-tail where one parent only is specified whence the issue must be derived, as to A. and

Dag tailed

Daggle tailed having the tail clogged with daglocks

Special tail

Special tail, where an estate-tail is limited to the children of two given parents, as to A. an the heirs

Ring tailed

Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color

Several tail

Several tail, where land is entailed on two separately

Fee-tail. An estate that is inheritable only by specified descendants of the original grantee, and that endures until its current holder does without issue; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 631.

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