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Mortmain - Wikipedia
the perpetual, inalienable ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution; the term is usually used in the context of its prohibition. en.wikipedia.org
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MORTMAIN Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : an inalienable possession of lands or buildings by an ecclesiastical or other corporation b : the condition of property or other gifts left to a ... www.merriam-webster.com
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mortmain | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Mortmain is a French term meaning “dead hand” which is used in reference to inalienable land or tenements held by the “dead hand” of a church or corporate ... www.law.cornell.edu
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mortmain
mortmain, n. Law. (ˈmɔːtmeɪn) Forms: 5–6 mortmayn(e, mortemayn(e, 6 mortemeyn, morttmayne, 6–8 mortmaine, 6– mortmain. [a. OF. mortemain, AF. morte mayn (Britton c 1290), ad. med.L. mortua manus, manus mortua (cf. F. mainmorte, Sp. manos muertas, Pg. mão morta, It. mano morta) ‘dead hand’ (L. mortua... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mortmain - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Mortmain literally means “dead hand.” The noun mortmain is primarily a legal term, describing a kind of protection of a group's hold on property or land. www.vocabulary.com
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Mortmain | Estate, Charities & Inheritance - Britannica
Mortmain, in English law, the state of land being held by the “dead hand” (French: mort main) of a corporation. www.britannica.com
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mortmain - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (law) The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church. · 1824, Charter of Incorporation of the ... en.wiktionary.org
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MORTMAIN Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
the perpetual holding of land, especially by a corporation or charitable trust. mortmain. / ˈmɔːtˌmeɪn /. noun. law the state or condition of lands, buildings, ... www.dictionary.com
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mortmain - New Advent
This early statute of mortmain applies only to action by religious houses in the way of enabling lay owners to hold their lands. The statute does not seem ... www.newadvent.org
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MORTMAIN definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Law the state or condition of lands, buildings, etc, held inalienably, as by an ecclesiastical or.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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Mortmain (film)
Mortmain is a five-part 1915 Vitagraph mystery drama film, directed bye Theodore Marston. Herbert Frank as Doctor Pennison Crisp Gladden James as Scalscope Roland Osborne as Mortmain’s butler Helen Pillsbury as a society lady See also Mortmain wikipedia.org
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mortmall
mortmal(l, -mayn(e see mormal, mortmain. Oxford English Dictionary
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Statutes of Mortmain
The Statutes of Mortmain thus provided that no estate could be granted to a corporation without royal consent. Where estates were subinfeudated, the practice of mortmain was detrimental to the overlord's rights. wikipedia.org
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dead-hand
ˈdead-hand Also dead hand. 1. a. = mortmain (of which it is a translation).[c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 131 Þei wolle not cesse til alle be conquerid in-to here dede hondis.] 1612 Bp. Hall Serm. v. 64 What liberal revenues..were then put into Mortmain, the dead-hand of the Church! 1670 Blount Law Dict... Oxford English Dictionary
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mainmort
† mainmort Obs. [a. F. mainmorte = deadhand.] a. = mortmain. b. French Feudal Law (see quot. 1727–41).1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 265. 1598 Dallington Meth. Trav. E iij b, Nominations of Chappels, goods of Main-mort, fifts of Lands sold. [1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Main-Morte, a term in some anti... Oxford English Dictionary
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