Fee tail

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn estate in land in common law wherein 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.

Synonyms

tail taillie estate for life life estate pur autre vie life estate inheritance remaindership fee simple defeasible fee estate term of years base fee

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