fee tail
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fee taille, fetayll, from Anglo-Norman fee tailé,[1] from Medieval Latin foedum talliātum.
Noun
edit- (law) An estate in land in common law in which the land is inherited, but cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death.
Translations
editestate in land in common law wherein the land is inherited
References
edit- ^ “fee-tail”, in Collins English Dictionary.