entailment

en·tail  (n-tl, n-)

tr.v. en·tailed, en·tail·ing, en·tails

1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition X is a rose entails the proposition X is a flower because all roses are flowers.

2. To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.

3. To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.

n.

1.

a. The act of entailing, especially property.

b. The state of being entailed.

2. An entailed estate.

3. A predetermined order of succession, as to an estate or to an office.

4. Something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance.

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[Middle English entaillen, to limit inheritance to specific heirs : en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + taille, tail; see tail².]

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en·tailment n.

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entailment [ɪnˈteɪlmənt]

n

1. (Philosophy / Logic) the act of entailing or the condition of being entailed

2. (Philosophy) Philosophy Logic

a.  a relationship between propositions such that one must be true if the others are

b.  a proposition whose truth depends on such a relationship. Usual symbol ―∋ See fish-hook [2]

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entailment

1. the process of limiting an inheritance to a specific sequence of heirs, usually applied to large estates.
2. the estate entailed.

See also: Property and Ownership

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

entailment - something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" implication, deduction illation, inference - the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation