entailed

[en-teyld]

adjective

1. involved with or following from something by logical necessity or as a consequence.

   Most of the public complied with the curfew restrictions despite the entailed inconvenience.

   If the entailed proposition turns out to be false, the theory that generated it must also be false.

2. Law.,  (of real estate) limited to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be transferred or bequeathed to anyone else.

   This entailed estate has belonged to the family for a period of 300 years.

3. Law.,  descending to a fixed series of possessors, as a title, the crown, etc..

   On the death of his uncle Edward, Duke of York, Richard acquired the entailed title of his grandfather Edmund, Duke of York.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of entail.

Other Word Forms

• nonentailed adjective
• unentailed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entailed¹

First recorded in 1525–35; entail ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; entail ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Parkinson indicated that one factor in securing a conviction would have entailed proving that China was an "enemy" as stated in the Official Secrets Act 1911.

From BBC

Barnier and Bayrou were also brought down as a result of their proposed budgets, which would have entailed substantial cuts - with politicians on the left instead calling for tax rises.

From BBC

I do not need to repeat these details here, other than to note that they inevitably entailed a considerable degree of complexity.

From BBC

Starting again with a new manager with all the upheaval and financial cost entailed or giving their chosen one more time - maybe a lot more time - to build something decent?

From BBC

He said he had tried and failed to get a clear definition of DEI and what it entailed.

From Los Angeles Times