1. Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
   "The nobleman fee-tailed his estate to ensure it remained within the family";
   - entail

1. A fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away
   "The ancestral estate was held in fee tail, ensuring it would remain within the family lineage"

Derived forms: fees tail, fee-tails, fee-tailed, fee-tailing

Type of: bequeath, fee, leave, will

Encyclopedia: Fee tail