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Definition of Mortmain

Mortmain
Mortmain Mort"main`, n. [F. mort, morte, dead + main hand; F. main-morte. See Mortal, and Manual.] (Law) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate. Note: The term was originally applied to conveyance of land made to ecclesiastical bodies; afterward to conveyance made to any corporate body. --Burrill.

Meaning of Mortmain from wikipedia

- Mortmain (/ˈmɔːrtmeɪn/) is the perpetual, inalienable ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution; the term is usually used in the context...
- family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in genteel poverty in a decaying castle during the 1930s. The first-person narrator is C****andra Mortmain, an intelligent...
- Mortmain is a five-part 1915 Vitagraph mystery drama film, directed bye Theodore Marston. Reviewer Lynde Denig said it was a mystery drama with a scientific...
- The Statutes of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 (Statutum de Viris Religiosis, 7 Edw. 1) and 1290 (Quia Emptores, 18 Edw. 1), p****ed in the reign...
- conception possible. Mortmain offers Tessa the chance to go with him in exchange for her friends' safety. However, Tessa tricks Mortmain by making him believe...
- lead role of C****andra Mortmain alongside Bill Nighy, Rose Byrne and Tara Fitzgerald. The film follows 17-year-old C****andra Mortmain, and her eccentric family...
- Nate has been in league with Axel Mortmain, the true "Magister", all along, and betrays Tessa by giving her to Mortmain, though she is able to fake her...
- 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith. In it, she portra**** Rose Mortmain, the elder sister of Romola Garai's C****andra. In 2003, Byrne starred in...
- Mortmain Mountains after the Baudelaires reveal themselves to her. After striking a deal with her to bring her with them when they explore Mortmain Mountains...
- royal prerogative and outlined restrictions on liberties. The Statutes of Mortmain (1279) addressed the issue of land grants to the Church. The first clause...