entailment

transitive verb | \ in-ˈtāl \ | en·tail

1. : to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property estates are entailed entire on the eldest male heir —Benjamin Franklin

noun

1. : an act or instance of entailing real property; also : the practice of entailing property the repeal of the laws of entail would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families —Thomas Jefferson — see also De Donis Conditionalibus : the practice of entailing property the repeal of the laws of entail would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families —Thomas Jefferson — see also De Donis Conditionalibus

2. : an entailed estate in real property if entails had not become barrable —Eileen Spring

3. : the fixed line of descent of an entailed estate