Middle English Dictionary Entry
entaille n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | entaille n.(3) Also in-. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF en taille under (a certain) condition. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The limitation of inheritance by conditions imposed or fixed by the donor, esp. by conditions restricting inheritance to a particular class of heirs; the descent of an estate established by an entail; a deed of entail; also fig.
Associated quotations
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)391 : Men supposen þis entaile was not expresly confermyd bi criste..Þis entaile was neuer interrupte..in-to cristis tyme & his apostles; and þen þai confermyd þis entayle bi lawe so stronge to þe seculer party þat no man..may openly enpugne þis entaile.
- (1463) Papers Trevelyan in Camd.6782 : Certen landes..entayled unto her and unto her heires by fyne..whiche entayle restythe in oure eschequyr at Kerdyff.
- (1469) Will Bury in Camd.4947 : I wylle that myn executors and myn feffeis see the best mene that they can in restoryng ageyn to the olde intaile of the seid place.
- (1469) Will Bury in Camd.4950 : Vij pens eerly rente, the wyche is not conteynyd in myn dede of entayle.