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Synonyms
en·tail (ĕn-tāĺ, ĭn-)

[Middle English entaillen, to limit inheritance to specific heirs, en-, intensive pref.; see en–1, + taille, tail; see tail2.]

transitive verb: -tailed, -tail·ing, -tails. 

  1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition entails the proposition 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.

noun 

    1. The act of entailing, especially property.
    2. 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.

derivatives

en·taiĺment
noun