transitive verb

1. Law to limit the inheritance of (real property) to a specific line or class of heirs
2. to cause or require as a necessary consequence; involve; necessitate the plan entails work

Etymology: ME entailen < en-, in + taile, talie, an agreement < OFr taillié, pp. of taillier, to cut: see tailor

noun

1. an entailing or being entailed
2. that which is entailed, as an estate
3. necessary sequence, as the order of descent for an entailed inheritance