entail
- noun
- /ɪnˈteɪl/
- Archaic
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Examples
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What's that entail?
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We're, we are part and parcel of this system of entailed inheritances.
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Police confirmed she had a cell phone, containing vital entail on the methods and whereabout of...
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Falling near the high end of the F thermometer does not entail falling near the high end of the G yardstick; indeed, some bodies are very small and very hot, and some bodies are very large and very hot. Instead, falling near the high end of the F thermometer simply entails falling somewhere on the G yardstick. Nor does falling near the high end of the G yardstick entail falling near the high end of the F thermometer, as some bodies are very large and very hot, and some bodies are very large and very cold.
Academic text (2016) -
The new legislation imposed strict rules on the entail of property, ensuring it would only pass to direct descendants.
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He wanted to change the entail on the family estate to allow his daughters to inherit.
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The entail established by his grandfather required that the land be passed down only to the firstborn son.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Entail comes from an old French verb entailer meaning 'to cut', the same part we see in tailor who cuts cloth. In law, an entail is like a 'cut' in who may inherit, so it keeps the property only for certain heirs.
