Question

In Jane Austen's time, the law dictated that a man’s property was inherited by his closest male heir instead of by the women in his family. What was this law known as?

A. dowry
B. entailment
C. curtailment
D. annulment
E. alimony

Answer 1

Entailment

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Answer 2

The law that dictated that a man's property was inherited by his closest male heir instead of by the women in his family was known as b. entailment.

Entailment refers to the restriction of property, in the sense that the inheritance is limited to the owner's descendants or to a particular group. Thus, in Jane Austen's time, entailed property was generally inherited by the nearest male heir.