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Meaning of entail

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  entail
      n 1: land received by fee tail
      2: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail
         from a fee simple
      v 1: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
           that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail},
           {imply}, {mean}]
      2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or
         result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: {entail},
         {implicate}]
      3: limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of
         heirs [syn: {fee-tail}, {entail}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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