单词 | mortmain |
释义 | mortmain n. Law 1 the status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation.   2. the land or tenements themselves. Etymology: ME f. AF, OF mortemain f. med.L mortua manus dead hand, prob. in allusion to impersonal ownership |
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