1. To have as a logical consequence; SYN. imply, mean.
2. To impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; SYN. implicate.
3. (Law) Settle on a person and his descendants or certain of them
1. Emporter. Entraîner des pierres.
2. Emmener. Entraîner quelqu'un avec soi.
3. Attirer. Entraîner sur un terrain douteux.
4. Provoquer. Entraîner un désastre.
5. Préparer. Entraîner un athlète.
ETYM Old Eng. entaile carving, Old Fren. entaille, French, an incision, from entailler to cut away; pref. en- (Latin in) + tailler to cut; Late Lat. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. Related to Tail limitation, Tailor.
Land received by fee tail.
Entails are increasingly rare and the power to make them has often been destroyed by legislation—for example, restrictions in certain states of the us. In England entails can be easily terminated.
Line of descendants to whom estate is limited.
In law, the settlement of land or other property on a successive line of people, usually succeeding generations of the original owner’s family. An entail can be either general, in which case it simply descends to the heirs, or special, when it descends according to a specific arrangement—for example, to children by a named wife.
Entails are increasingly rare and the power to make them has often been destroyed by legislation—for example, restrictions in certain states of the US. In England entails can be easily terminated.