fee tail
noun
(pl. fees tail)
- Law, historical a former type of tenure of an estate in land with restrictions or entailment regarding the line of heirs to whom it may be willed【律】〈史〉限嗣继承的地产所有权, (有继承限制的)地产保有权。
词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French fee tailé (see FEE, TAIL2 ).