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fees tail

fees tail is the plural of fee tail.

Meaning of fee tail

Noun

fee tail (plural fees tail)

  1. An estate in land in common law in which the land is inherited, but cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death.

Questions about fees tail

What is fees tail the plural of?
Fees tail is the plural of fee tail.

Words near fees tail in the dictionary

  1. fees
  2. fees simple
  3. fees simple subject to condition subsequent
  4. fees simple subject to executory interest
  5. fees simple subject to executory limitation
  6. fees tail
  7. feese
  8. Feeser
  9. Feesers
  10. feeses
  11. feesh

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