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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "mortmain" in a sentence

    mortmain example sentences

    mortmain


    1. The perpetual allotment and destination of this fund, indeed, is not always guarded by any positive law, by any trust-right or deed of mortmain


    2. Already, however, the legal tongues are wagging, and one young law student is loudly asserting that the rights of the owner are already completely sacrificed, his property being held in contravention of the statues of mortmain, since the tiller, as emblemship, if not proof, of delegated possession, is held in a dead hand


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    Synonyms for "mortmain"

    dead hand dead hand of the past mortmain

    "mortmain" definitions

    real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)


    the oppressive influence of past events or decisions