Entailers

/ɛnˈteɪlərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of entailer; multiple people who create or impose entailments restricting how property can be inherited or transferred.

Etymology

The plural of 'entailer,' preserving the etymology from 'entail' + '-er' (agent) + '-s' (plural). Each entailer is a person executing legal entailments.

Kelly Says

In wealthy families across Europe, multiple generations of entailers would layer restrictions on the same property—creating bizarre situations where 18th-century legal conditions still technically bound land in the 20th century.

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