☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Fee Tail

A restricted estate in land passing only to the lineal descendants of the original grantee — created by the words 'to A and the heirs of his body.' Largely abolished in most jurisdictions.

Category: English Legal History · Source: De Donis Conditionalibus (1285)
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