[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 precluded; -- called also estate tail.
      --blackstone.
      1913 webster
see also:
entail tally estate in tail estate tail 

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