MORTMAIN
\mˈɔːtme͡ɪn], \mˈɔːtmeɪn], \m_ˈɔː_t_m_eɪ_n]\
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Possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate, such as a corporation.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Originally, the transfer or conveyance of land to an ecclesiastical body, being, as it were, a hand which could never part with it again; in law, possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or such as cannot alienate, as of a corporation or fraternity.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
