| 释义 |
entailed, ppl. a.|ɛnˈteɪld|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
Of land, an inheritance, etc.: Transmitted by entail. Also fig.
1531Dial. on Laws Eng. i. xxix. (1638) 52 The..recovery must be taken in this case..as recoveries of other lands intailed bee. 1767Mrs. S. Pennington Lett. IV. 38 To restore to his destitute family an entailed estate. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 78 To claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers. 1818Cruise Digest VI. 21 If B. claimed a share of the entailed lands. 1845McCulloch Taxation i. iv. (1852) 125 Owners of entailed estates. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 14 Until the entailed curse be cut off by repentance. |