The transfer of real property to a church, school, or charitable organization for perpetual ownership.
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- Mortmain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mortmain is a legal term that means ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution that can be transferred or sold in perpetuity; the term is usually ...
- Statutes of Mortmain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Statutes of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 and 1290, by King Edward I of England aimed at preserving the kingdom's revenues by preventing land ...
- Mortmain - Merriam-Webster Online
Nov 2, 2011 ... 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 ...
- Mortmain - Legal Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
[French, Dead hand.] A term to denote the conveyance of ownership of land or tenements to any corporation, religious or secular. Traditionally, such transfers ...
- mortmain - definition of mortmain by the Free Online Dictionary ...
Law Perpetual ownership of real estate by institutions such as churches that cannot transfer or sell it. 2. The often oppressive influence of the past on the present.
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mortmain
Mortmain. (Old Fr., morte meyn), dead-hand, or "such a state of possession of land as makes it inalienable" (Wharton, "Law Lexicon", 10th ed., London, 1902, ...
- A.Word.A.Day --mortmain
From Anglo-Norman mortmayn, feminine of morte (dead) + main (hand), from Latin mortua manus (dead hand). Ultimately from the Indo-European root man- ...
- Statute of Mortmain, 1279 - Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Statute of Mortmain, 1279. This statute, by King Edward I, was aimed at preventing land passing to the hands of immortal institutions, and thus out of the control ...