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fee tail definition

fee tail

an estate in real property which may be inherited only by a specified class of heirs, usually the natural children of the owner

Etymology: Anglo-Fr fee tailé < fee (see fee) + tailé, pp. of taillir, to cut, limit (OFr taillier): see tailor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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