noun
entail; fee tail
A legal term from Western common law referring to a form of inheritance that restricts the estate to a specific line of heirs. Used in academic or historical contexts when discussing English legal history.
限嗣相続は、中世イングランドの土地法で重要な役割を果たした。
The fee tail played an important role in medieval English land law.
A Japanese translation of the English legal term 'fee tail' or 'entail', composed of 限 (limit), 嗣 (heir), and 相続 (inheritance). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely originated in Meiji-era legal scholarship.