Definition for
entail
– To cut; carve for ornament.
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In law, to limit and restrict the descent of (lands and tenements) by gift to a man and to a specified line of heirs, by settlement in such wise that neither the donee nor any subsequent possessor can alienate or bequeath it: as, to
– Hence To fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants; transmit in an unalterable course; devolve as an unavoidable consequence.
– To bring about; cause to ensue or accrue; induce; involve or draw after itself.
noun – . Engraved or carved work; intaglio; inlay.
noun – Shape; that which is carved or shaped.
noun – In law: The limitation of land to certain members of a particular family or line of descent; a prescribed order of successive inheritances, voluntarily created, to keep land in the family undivided; the rule of descent settled for an estate.
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