The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
tail, estate in — An estate of inheritance, which, instead of descending to heirs generally, goes to the heirs of the donee s body, which means his lawful issue, his children, and through them to his grandchildren in a direct line, so long as his posterity endures … Black's law dictionary
tail estate — See fee tail … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
estate tail — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Estate (law) — An estate is the net worth of a person at any point in time. It is the sum of a person s assets legal rights, interests and entitlements to property of any kind less all liabilities at that time. The issue is of special legal significance on a… … Wikipedia
estate in fee-tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate in fee-tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
estate tail — See tail, estate in … Black's law dictionary
Estate in tail — Tail Tail, n. [F. taille a cutting. See {Entail}, {Tally}.] (Law) Limitation; abridgment. Burrill. [1913 Webster] {Estate in tail}, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
