Curtail vs. Entail
Curtailverb
To cut short the tail of an animal
Curtailverb
(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
Curtailverb
To limit or restrict, keep in check.
Curtailnoun
(architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
Curtailverb
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
Curtailnoun
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Curtailverb
place restrictions on;
Curtailverb
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;
Entailverb
(transitive) To imply or require.
Entailverb
(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.
Entailverb
To appoint hereditary possessor.
Entailverb
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
Entailnoun
That which is entailed. Hence:
Entailnoun
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
Entailnoun
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
Entailnoun
(obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
Entailnoun
That which is entailed.
Entailnoun
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
Entailverb
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; - said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
Entailverb
To appoint hereditary possessor.
Entailverb
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
Entailnoun
land received by fee tail
Entailnoun
the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
Entailverb
have as a logical consequence;
Entailverb
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;
Entailverb
limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
Entailverb
involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence
Entailverb
have as a logically necessary consequence.
Entailverb
limit the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group
Entailverb
cause to experience or possess (something) permanently or inescapably
Entailnoun
a limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations
Entailnoun
a property bequeathed under an entail
