Meanings of break the entail in inglés

The fact of it is, I'm going to break the entail.

We dare not break the entail of freedom and disinherit the first-born of half a continent.

To carry out his plan, indeed, it would be necessary to break the entail twice; once formally, and once again really.

He was eager that I should break the entail, and he was of opinion that it lay in my power to do so.

Break the entail, I say!

If it had been her you may be sure there'd be no reason of any sort for breaking the entail.

Confession breaks the entail of sin, and substitutes for the dreary expectation of its continuance the glad conviction of forgiveness and cleansing.

So he proceeded to take all the necessary steps for breaking the entail and raising the money he needed for Guy and Cyril.

He found himself murmuring to himself in his troubled sleep, " Break the entail, and settle a sum on the two that will quiet them."