DISENTAILMENT

disentailment (dis-[schwa]n-tayl-m[schwa]nt), n. The act or process by which a tenant in tail bars the entail on an estate and converts it into a fee simple, thereby nullifying the rights of any later claimant to the fee tail. See BARRING OF ENTAIL. — Also termed disentailing assurance. [Cases: Estates in Property 12. C.J.S. Estates §§ […]