"fee tail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fees tail [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fee taille, fetayll, from Anglo-Norman fee tailé, from Medieval Latin foedum talliātum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fee taille}} Middle English fee taille, {{der|en|xno|fee tailé}} Anglo-Norman fee tailé, {{der|en|ML.|foedum talliātum}} Medieval Latin foedum talliātum Head templates: {{en-noun|fees tail}} fee tail (plural fees tail)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Law Translations (estate in land in common law wherein the land is inherited): 限嗣繼承地產 (Chinese Mandarin), 限嗣继承地产 (xiànsì jìchéng dìchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), sääntöperintötila (Finnish), fideikomissi (Finnish), ordynacja [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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