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Estate in tail

Tail \Tail\, n. [F. taille a cutting. See Entail, Tally.] (Law) Limitation; abridgment.
--Burrill.

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.