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tail2/teil/ n. & adj. Law 【法律】 ●n. limitation of ownership, esp. of an estate limited to a person and that person's heirs 限制继承；限嗣继承(尤指产业只能过继给某人及其子嗣) ●adj. so limited 限制继承的；限嗣继承的 estate tail 限嗣继承的产业; fee tail 限制继承的费用 □ in tail under such a limitation 在限嗣继承的情况下 [Middle English from Old French taille ‘notch, cut, tax’, from taillier ‘to cut’, ultimately from Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’: cf. TALLY] |