BARRING OF ENTAIL

barring of entail.The freeing of an estate from the limitations imposed by an entail and permitting its free disposition. • This was anciently done by means of a fine or common recovery, but later by a deed in which the tenant and next heir join. — Also termed breaking of entail; disentailment. See ENTAIL. [Cases: Deeds  127; Estates in Property  12. C.J.S. Deeds § 247; Estates §§ 22–27.][Blacks Law 8th]