Law. Tenure by gift of charity, spec. perpetual tenure by free gift of charity without secular obligations; = frankalmoign, n. (chiefly as in alms)…
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| 释义 | society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by free gift of charity (5) almsOE Law. Tenure by gift of charity, spec. perpetual tenure by free gift of charity without secular obligations; = frankalmoign, n. (chiefly as in alms)… almoign?a1400 = frankalmoign, n. Sometimes in the fuller form free almoign (formerly also, in Scots and northern English, in the plural form free almons). Cf. free… perpetual alms?c1430 a gift of land, property, etc., given in perpetuity; cf. frankalmoign, n. free alms1445 = frankalmoign, n. frankalmoigna1513 A feudal tenure in England by which a religious body could hold land perpetually, in principle without any secular obligations, in return for the… |
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