entailment
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en·tail
(ĕn-tāl′, ĭn-)tr.v. en·tailed, en·tail·ing, en·tails
1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition X is a rose entails the proposition X is a flower because all roses are flowers.
2. To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.
3. To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.
n.
1.
a. The act of entailing, especially property.
b. The state of being entailed.
2. An entailed estate.
3. A predetermined order of succession, as to an estate or to an office.
4. Something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance.
[Middle English entaillen, to limit inheritance to specific heirs : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + taille, tail; see tail2.]
en·tail′ment n.
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entailment
(ɪnˈteɪlmənt)n
1. (Logic) the act of entailing or the condition of being entailed
2. (Philosophy) philosophy logic
a. a relationship between propositions such that one must be true if the others are
b. a proposition whose truth depends on such a relationship. Usual symbol: ∋ See fish-hook2
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entailment
1. the process of limiting an inheritance to a specific sequence of heirs, usually applied to large estates.
2. the estate entailed.
See also: Property and Ownership2. the estate entailed.
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Noun | 1. | entailment - something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" |
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