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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Mortmain (0.02317 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Mortmain.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mortmain
mortmain
n 1: real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical
corporation) [syn:
dead hand]
2: the oppressive influence of past events of decisions [syn:
dead hand
,
dead hand of the past]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term was originally applied to conveyance of land
made to ecclesiastical bodies; afterward to conveyance
made to any corporate body. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
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