The case for genre-specific copy-editors:

[rivka]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies aside, in a Regency novel, the relatives of a recently deceased English peer should not generally be concerned about an entrail.

HTH.

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[puzzlement.livejournal.com]

Also of preventing the male heirs from selling the property. (In England, only the first and not the second generation of heir could be so restrained.)

In Pride & Prejudice this is why Mr Bennet can't sell any property to provide for his five daughters: he's the middle generation of the entail.