heir in tail

Definition of "heir in tail"
  1. A person entitled to inherit a fee-tail estate
How to use "heir in tail" in a sentence
  1. The heir in tail is the proposed recipient of the ancestral property.
  2. By virtue of being an heir in tail, he has a claim to the fee-tail estate.
  3. The provisions of the will named her the heir in tail.
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