Definitions for entail
Overview of noun entail
The noun entail has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. entail
(land received by fee tail)
2. entail
(the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple)
Overview of verb entail
The verb entail has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) entail, imply, mean
(have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers")
2. (3) entail, implicate
(impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?")
3. fee-tail, entail
(limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs)






