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Definition of mortmain

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Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..

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Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..

Admortization :: Admortization (n.) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain..

Mortification :: Mortification (n.) A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.

Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain..