English Literature GCSE
Entailment
What Entailment means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Entailment
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A legal device used to prevent a landed property from being broken up, sold, or bequeathed to anyone outside of the male line. The Longbourn estate is entailed to Mr. Collins, which is why the Bennet sisters are in such a precarious financial position.
A legal restriction on property that dictates it can only be inherited by a specific line of heirs (usually male).
A legal settlement that restricts the inheritance of an estate to a specific line of heirs (usually male).
Topics that use Entailment
- Pride and Prejudice (Eduqas GCSE)
- Pride and Prejudice (OCR GCSE)
- Pride and Prejudice (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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