In a message dated 4/23/01 8:18:53 PM, martee@citlink.net writes: << Incidentally, VA abolished entails in 1776, thus thwarting the last of the efforts (legal devices) used to dodge the law that declared that land devised or conveyed to women became that of their husbands (NY, even before then, as I recall). Paul >> We have so many amazing subject tonight! Paul, this is a complicated area, but weren't entails and efforts to dodge them also a way to avoid primogeniture laws and otherwise free up clear title for a sale of land? Wasn't that the purpose of lease and release? I am rusty on this subject and wonder if there is a good web page to explain all the intricacies of entail and docking of fee, etc. Craig