Definition of entail Entail

/ɛntejˈl/ - [enteyl] - en•tail

We found 24 definitions of entail from 6 different sources.

What does entail mean?

Noun Plural: entails
entail - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
entail - land received by fee tail
Verb entails, entailing, entailed
entail - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
		implicate
		lead cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"
entail - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
		imply, mean
		necessitate require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
entail - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
		fee-tail
		bequeath, will, leave leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

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entail (Noun)
That which is entailed. Hence.
entail (Noun)
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
entail (Verb)
To imply or require.
entail (Verb)
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

entail (n.)
That which is entailed.
entail (n.)
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
entail (n.)
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
entail (n.)
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
entail (n.)
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
entail (n.)
To appoint hereditary possessor.
entail (n.)
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.

entail
To have as a logical consequence.
entail
To impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.
entail
To limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.
entail
Land received by fee tail.
entail
The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.

entail
en-tāl′, v.t. (Spens.) to carve. [O. Fr. entailler—Low L. en, into, taleāre, to cut.]
entail
en-tāl′, v.t. to settle an estate on a series of heirs, so that the immediate possessor may not dispose of it: to bring on as an inevitable consequence:—pr.p. entail′ing; pa.p. entailed′.—n. an estate entailed: the rule of descent of an estate.—ns. Entail′er; Entail′ment, act of entailing: state of being entailed. [O. Fr. entailler, to cut into—en, in, into, tailler, to cut—L. talea, a twig.]