| 单词 | mortmain |
| 释义 | mortmain (once / 31186 pages) 1n 2n When an organization owns a piece of land which will never pass to another owner, it's known as a mortmain. A church's property is often protected by a mortmain. Mortmain literally means “dead hand.” The noun mortmain is primarily a legal term, describing a kind of protection of a group's hold on property or land. Historically, buildings and land owned by a church organization would have a mortmain to protect the church against losing the property even after the death of the person in charge. In Old French, mortemain literally means "dead hand," from the Medieval Latin manus mortua, which in legal terms means "inalienable power." WORD FAMILYmortmain: mortmains USAGE EXAMPLESThe peril against which England found it necessary to provide in the Statute of Mortmain is a very present one. James F. Morton. Jr., Exempting the Churches—An Argument...(2011) 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. Garnier, Germain, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Caus...(2011) A few days after the installation of the new government, the agitation of the mortmain question was commenced in congress. Mayer, Brantz, Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republic...(2011) 1 n real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) 2Syn|Hyper dead hand immovable, real estate, real property, realty property consisting of houses and land n the oppressive influence of past events or decisions Syn|Hyper dead hand, dead hand of the past influence a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
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