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Noun Concept
Categories: Medieval English law, Church and state law, Religion law, Legal history of England
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mortmain  dead hand  mainmorte  Mortmain statutes  mortua manus
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Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) WordNet 3.0
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Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Mortmain is the perpetual, inalienable ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution; the term is usually used in the context of its prohibition. Wikipedia
Sociology concept Wikidata
The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church. Wiktionary
Inalienable possession of lands. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
real property
legal concept
CATEGORY DOMAIN
corporation
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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mortmain, dead hand
Wikipedia
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mortmain
Wikidata
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Mortmain
Wiktionary
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mortmain
Wikipedia Redirections
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mainmorte, Mortmain statutes, mortua manus

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