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fees tail

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fee tail  
n.   pl. fees tail
An estate in land limited in inheritance to a particular class of heirs.

[Middle English fe taille, from Anglo-Norman fee taile : fe, fee; see fee + Old French taile, past participle of tailier, to cut; see tailor.]
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