Entail | Inheritance, Estates Property Rights | Britannica Entail, in feudal English law, an interest in land bound up inalienably in the grantee and then forever to his direct descendants A basic condition of entail was that if the grantee died without direct descendants the land reverted to the grantor
Entail - definition of entail by The Free Dictionary 1 to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence: this task entails careful thought 2 (Law) property law to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs 3 (Logic) logic to have as a necessary consequence