entails

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With the dark spleen Goading injustice, that 'tis vain to quell, Entails on restless spirits.

From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Entails used to be fixed things, I thought; but since what old Mr. Scarborough did nobody seems to regard them now.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

Entails go for nothing now; and I hear that he thinks so badly of his nephew that he has already quarrelled with him.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

Entails, the law of, prevents the division of land by alienation, 157.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

Entails, however, are still respected, through the greater part of Europe; in those countries, particularly, in which noble birth is a necessary qualification for the enjoyment either of civil or military honours.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain