entail
/ɪnˈteɪl/
verb
- To involve something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
- The job entails traveling to different countries every month.
- Starting a new business entails a lot of hard work and risk.
- Learning a new language entails patience and regular practice.
- To limit the inheritance of property to a specific line of heirs, so that it cannot be sold or given away.
- In some historical legal systems, land was entailed to prevent it from being divided.
- The old estate was entailed to the eldest son for generations.
- The will entailed the family castle to the direct descendants only.
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noun
- A legal restriction that limits the inheritance of property to a specific line of heirs.
- The entail on the manor prevented the current owner from selling it.
- Breaking an entail required a special act of Parliament in the past.
- The lawyer explained that the entail meant the land could not be mortgaged.