| 单词 | statutes of mortmain |
| 释义 | mortmain /mörtˈmān/ (law; historical)nounThe legal status of property which is transferred inalienably to an ecclesiastical or other body, said to be a dead hand, ie one that can never part with it again ORIGIN: Fr morte (fem) dead, and main, from L manus hand statutes of mortmain Acts of parliament restricting or forbidding the giving of property to religious houses |
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