Definition of mortmain in English:

mortmain

noun ˈmɔːtmeɪnˈmɔrtmeɪn

mass nounLaw

The status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation.
Example sentencesExamples
- All Catholic governments tightened up legislation against mortmain.
- New laws on mortmain limited the size of donations that might be bequeathed to religious foundations.
- The rest was in the hands of the Church and nobility, protected against sale by entail or mortmain, or owned by urban corporations, or bourgeois landowners.
- Hospitals and poor houses found the charitable bequests on which they had always relied dwindling, and, as ecclesiastical institutions, they were cut off from further endowments by legislation of 1749 restricting mortmain.
- Royal licences to acquire property in mortmain allowed for a period of expansion into adjacent properties in the early 14th century.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, Old French mortemain, from medieval Latin mortua manus 'dead hand' (probably alluding to impersonal ownership).

Definition of mortmain in US English:

mortmain

nounˈmôrtmānˈmɔrtmeɪn

Law

The status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation.
Example sentencesExamples
- New laws on mortmain limited the size of donations that might be bequeathed to religious foundations.
- The rest was in the hands of the Church and nobility, protected against sale by entail or mortmain, or owned by urban corporations, or bourgeois landowners.
- All Catholic governments tightened up legislation against mortmain.
- Hospitals and poor houses found the charitable bequests on which they had always relied dwindling, and, as ecclesiastical institutions, they were cut off from further endowments by legislation of 1749 restricting mortmain.
- Royal licences to acquire property in mortmain allowed for a period of expansion into adjacent properties in the early 14th century.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, Old French mortemain, from medieval Latin mortua manus ‘dead hand’ (probably alluding to impersonal ownership).

单词	mortmain
释义	Definition of mortmain in English: mortmain noun ˈmɔːtmeɪnˈmɔrtmeɪn mass nounLaw The status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation. Example sentencesExamples All Catholic governments tightened up legislation against mortmain. New laws on mortmain limited the size of donations that might be bequeathed to religious foundations. The rest was in the hands of the Church and nobility, protected against sale by entail or mortmain, or owned by urban corporations, or bourgeois landowners. Hospitals and poor houses found the charitable bequests on which they had always relied dwindling, and, as ecclesiastical institutions, they were cut off from further endowments by legislation of 1749 restricting mortmain. Royal licences to acquire property in mortmain allowed for a period of expansion into adjacent properties in the early 14th century. Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, Old French mortemain, from medieval Latin mortua manus 'dead hand' (probably alluding to impersonal ownership). Definition of mortmain in US English: mortmain nounˈmôrtmānˈmɔrtmeɪn Law The status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation. Example sentencesExamples New laws on mortmain limited the size of donations that might be bequeathed to religious foundations. The rest was in the hands of the Church and nobility, protected against sale by entail or mortmain, or owned by urban corporations, or bourgeois landowners. All Catholic governments tightened up legislation against mortmain. Hospitals and poor houses found the charitable bequests on which they had always relied dwindling, and, as ecclesiastical institutions, they were cut off from further endowments by legislation of 1749 restricting mortmain. Royal licences to acquire property in mortmain allowed for a period of expansion into adjacent properties in the early 14th century. Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, Old French mortemain, from medieval Latin mortua manus ‘dead hand’ (probably alluding to impersonal ownership).
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