Entail

A legal restriction controlling who can inherit an estate. Longbourn’s entail excludes Mr Bennet’s daughters and makes Mr Collins its heir.

A legal arrangement restricting who can inherit an estate. Longbourn’s entail directs it to a male heir rather than Mr Bennet’s daughters.

An entail is a legal arrangement restricting an estate’s inheritance. Its purpose was to preserve landed property intact across generations rather than divide it among several children.

A legal restriction determining how an estate is inherited. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and directs the estate to a distant male relation because Mr Bennet has no son.

Do not claim that all women were forbidden to inherit. Longbourn’s particular entail excludes the Bennet daughters; other women in the novel possess fortunes and property.

Analyse structure as well as language: the delayed explanation of the entail and the contrast between Darcy’s thoughts and Elizabeth’s assumptions are useful examples.

Use context to explain the moment you are discussing, such as why the entail makes marriage financially important. Avoid a detached paragraph of historical facts.

A legal restriction determining how an estate passes between generations. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its expected heir.

An inheritance arrangement restricting who can receive an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, Longbourn will pass to Mr Collins rather than the Bennet daughters.

A legal restriction controlling how an estate passes to future heirs. In Pride and Prejudice, Longbourn will pass to Mr Collins rather than the Bennet daughters after Mr Bennet’s death.

A legal restriction directing an estate’s inheritance through a specified family line. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters, making Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal arrangement restricting how an estate passes to later owners. Longbourn’s entail means that Mr Collins, rather than the Bennet daughters, will inherit it.

A legal restriction determining how an estate passes between generations. In Pride and Prejudice, Longbourn’s entail excludes Mr Bennet’s daughters and makes Mr Collins the future inheritor because there is no male heir.

A restriction on the inheritance of property. The restriction affecting Longbourn means that Mr Collins, rather than the Bennet daughters, will inherit it after Mr Bennet’s death.

A legal restriction governing who can inherit an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, Longbourn is to pass to Mr Collins rather than Mr Bennet’s daughters.

An entail is a legal restriction controlling an estate’s inheritance. Such arrangements helped keep land together rather than dividing it among several children. Longbourn’s particular entail directs it through the male line.

A legal restriction controlling who can inherit an estate. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and directs the estate to a distant male relation because Mr Bennet has no son.

A legal restriction governing how an estate is inherited. Longbourn’s entail makes Mr Collins the heir rather than any of the five Bennet daughters.

A legal restriction governing the inheritance of an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, the entail prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting Longbourn, which will pass to Mr Collins after Mr Bennet’s death.

A legal arrangement restricting how an estate passes between generations. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins the next heir after Mr Bennet.

A legal restriction governing the inheritance of property. In Pride and Prejudice, the entail prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting Longbourn, which is expected to pass to Mr Collins.

A legal restriction determining who can inherit an estate. Longbourn’s entail excludes Mr Bennet’s daughters and makes Mr Collins the heir in the absence of a male heir in Mr Bennet’s immediate family.

An entail restricts who can inherit an estate. Longbourn is entailed so that, in the absence of a male heir, it passes to a distant male relation. Mr Bennet has five daughters and no son, so Mr Collins will inherit it when Mr Bennet dies.

A legal restriction determining who inherits an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, Longbourn must pass to a distant male relation because Mr Bennet has no male heir.

A legal arrangement restricting who can inherit an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, the entail on Longbourn makes Mr Collins the future heir rather than Mr Bennet’s daughters.

A legal restriction governing the inheritance of property. In Pride and Prejudice, the Longbourn entail prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting the estate.

A legal restriction governing the inheritance of an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, the Longbourn entail prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting it and makes Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal restriction governing the inheritance of an estate. The entail on Longbourn makes Mr Collins its future heir rather than any of the Bennet daughters.

A legal restriction that keeps property passing through a specified line of heirs, limiting an owner’s freedom to leave it to someone else.

In Chapter 9, the Squire warns him, “my property’s got no entail on it”. An entail would restrict inheritance to a specified line of heirs; because the land is not entailed, the Squire can leave it elsewhere. Godfrey’s position as eldest son therefore does not protect him from disinheritance.

A legal restriction determining who inherits an estate. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal restriction controlling how an estate passes to an heir. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and directs the estate to a distant male relation because Mr Bennet has no son.

A legal restriction controlling who inherits an estate. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its next heir.

A legal arrangement restricting the inheritance of property. The entail on Longbourn means that Mr Collins, rather than the Bennet daughters, will inherit it.

A legal restriction controlling who inherits an estate. In Pride and Prejudice, the entail prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting Longbourn, which will pass to Mr Collins after Mr Bennet’s death.

A legal restriction determining who could inherit an estate. The Longbourn entail excludes Mr Bennet’s daughters and directs the estate to Mr Collins because there is no male heir.

A legal restriction directing how an estate passes to future heirs. The entail on Longbourn prevents the Bennet daughters from inheriting that estate and makes Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal arrangement restricting how an estate can be inherited. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and directs the estate to Mr Collins because Mr Bennet has no son.

A legal restriction directing the inheritance of an estate through a specified line of descendants. Longbourn’s entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal restriction on the inheritance of property. Longbourn’s entail means that the Bennet daughters cannot inherit the estate, which is expected to pass to Mr Collins.

A legal restriction directing the inheritance of an estate to specified heirs. Longbourn's entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its future heir.

A legal arrangement restricting the inheritance of an estate to a specified line of heirs. Longbourn's entail excludes the Bennet daughters and makes Mr Collins its expected inheritor.

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