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	tail2 (tail) Pronunciation: /teɪl/ noun [mass noun] Law, chiefly historical limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their direct descendants: the land was held in tail* generalSee also fee tail. Origin: Middle English (denoting a tallage): from Old French taille* 'notch, tax', from taillier 'to cut', based on Latin talea 'twig, cutting'		Search results in the dictionary tail¹ tail in tail¹ Tail in tail¹ coat-tail fee tail long tail More results » More words in this category amnesty birth certificate brief ejusdem generis European Court of Human Rights execution immunity incompetent indefeasible Land Acts Lord Justice Lord Ordinary misadventure parricide pleadable provocation public bill return technicality threat Nearby Words tai Tai Yue Shan Tai'an Taichung Taig taiga taiko taikonaut tail ¹ tail ² tail bone tail boom tail comb tail covert tail end tail feather tail fin tail gas tail light