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mortmain
[ mawrt-meyn ]
noun
- the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- the perpetual holding of land, especially by a corporation or charitable trust.
mortmain
/ ˈ³¾É”˳ÙËŒ³¾±ðɪ²Ô /
noun
- law the state or condition of lands, buildings, etc, held inalienably, as by an ecclesiastical or other corporation
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mortmain1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mortmain1
Example Sentences
"We have no title-deeds to house or lands; Owners and occupants of earlier dates From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates."
A few days after the installation of the new government, the agitation of the mortmain question was commenced in congress.
In the spirit of his age he denounced the relics of medieval institutions, such as entails and tenures in mortmain.
Next, from serfs, they became vassals, thereupon subject to mortmain—each of these a step upwards.
Perhaps; for he would have no love for the Church even here, and he is obviously hostile to anything in the nature of mortmain.
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