fee tail中文什么意思

(限定继承人的)土地所有权；具有一定身分的人才能继承的土地。

• fee:    n. 1.报酬；薪水；公费；手续费； ...
• tail:    n. 1.【法律】限定继嗣；限定继承 ...
• estate in fee-tail:    限定继承的遗产

英文释义

名词

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

百科释义

In common law, fee tail or entail is an estate of inheritance in real property which cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death. The term fee tail is derived from the Medieval Latin feodum talliatum, which means "cut-short fee.