The Collaborative International Dictionary
estate 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.
Usage examples of "estate tail".
For the lease, which was the original covenantee's estate, was ended by the death of the lessor and termination of the estate tail out of which the lease was granted, before the form of assignment to the plaintiff.