fee tail (redirected from fees tails)

fee tail

n. pl. fees tail

An estate in land limited in inheritance to a particular class of heirs.

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[Middle English fe taille, from Anglo-Norman fee taile : fe, fee; see fee + Old French taile, past participle of tailier, to cut; see tailor.]

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fee tail - a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away fee - an interest in land capable of being inherited