entail

1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition X is a rose entails the proposition X is a flower because all roses are flowers.
2. To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.
3. To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.

1. a. The act of entailing, especially property.
   b. The state of being entailed.
2. An entailed estate.
3. A predetermined order of succession, as to an estate or to an office.
4. Something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English entaillen, to limit inheritance to specific heirs

Origin: : en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹

Origin: + taille, tail; see tail²

Related Forms:

• en·tailˈment noun