entailment
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We cannot know how many of these 61 percent are influenced by entailments, but almost two-thirds of those asked also thought schizophrenia had to do with “split or multiple personalities.”
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013
But metaphors invite their logical extensions, and these entailments can seamlessly influence thought.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013
Hence the practice of entailments in the feudal system.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
For a time his activity seemed to be equal to the task of redeeming that paper, but, the entailments of indebtedness were too great.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
Are any peculiar English property entailments obstacles to his suit?
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay