单词 | mortmain act |
释义 | > as lemmasMortmain Act Mortmain Act n. the statute 9 Geo. II, cap. 36, passed in 1736, imposing restrictions on the devising of property to charitable uses; (also more generally) the title of various later statutes having a similar object. ΚΠ 1787 (title) A succinct view of the History of Mortmain; the Statutes relative to Charitable Uses; and full exposition of the last mortmain act (9 Geo. 2. c. 36). 1844 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. iii. 70 The stringency of the provisions in the Mortmain Act. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXIII. 348/1 Hardwicke suffered the excessively stringent Mortmain Act of 1736 to pass without other amendment. < as lemmas |
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