FEE TAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fee tail mean? 

• FEE TAIL (noun)
  The noun FEE TAIL has 1 sense:

1. a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away

  Familiarity information: FEE TAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEE TAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("fee tail" is a kind of...):

fee (an interest in land capable of being inherited)