mortmain 的定义
Law.
- the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- the perpetual holding of land, especially by a corporation or charitable trust.
更多mortmain例句
- It was especially exempted from the Mortmain Acts, and was allowed to acquire property to the yearly value of £10.
- Also before they could hold land in mortmain it would be necessary to obtain a charter.
- Charters were also necessary before lands could be acquired in mortmain.
- It was in his time that the famous Statute of Mortmain was passed.
- Like most of Edward's laws the statute of Mortmain was based on earlier precedents.