Fee tail

Fee tail is like giving a toy to someone but saying they can only keep it as long as they live. This means that the toy cannot be passed on to someone else after they die.

In the same way, fee tail is a legal concept that restricts the ownership of property to a specific family lineage. This means that the property can only be passed down to the person's direct descendants, and cannot be sold or given away to anyone else.

It's like having a special treasure that can only be passed on to people in your family, and they cannot give it away to anyone else. This ensures that the property stays in the family and does not get lost over time.

However, this type of ownership can also limit flexibility and prevent people from making changes to the property or using it for other purposes. Nowadays, fee tail is not commonly used, and most properties are owned in fee simple, which means the owner has complete control over the property and can sell or give it away as they please.