tail2 (tal)

and a. [Also, in Sc., with the orig. final syllable preserved, tailye, tailzie, etc.; 6160 He seith to me he is the last in the tayle of his lyflode, the qweche is CCCL. marke and better. Paston Letters, I. 89. Estate in tail. See estate. - General tail, in law, an estate tail limited to the i ue of a particular person, but not to that of a particular couple; an estate tail general (which see, under estate ). - Special tail, title resulting from a gift restrained to certain heirs of the donee's body, and not descending to the heirs in general. II. a. In law , being in tail; set apart, as an estate limited to a particular line of descent.Estate tail female, estate tail general, etc. See estate . -Fee tail. See fee2 . tail2 (tal), v. t. [ zif I bigge and bor we it but zif it be ytailled , I forzete it as zerne, and gif men me it axe, Sixe sithes or seuene I forsake it with othes.