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Definition of Mortmains
1. mortmain [n] - See also: mortmain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortmains
Literary usage of Mortmains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"That is, of the king and the lords immediate and mediate, to dispense with the
statutes of mortmains ; whereof see more before, Sect. ..."
2. Annals of Aberdeen, from the Reign of King William the Lion, to the End of by William Kennedy (1818)
"... matters—Table of mortmains for benevolent purposes—of Assessments, $c.—of
Births—and of Prices of Provisions, SfC. FROM AD 1633 TO AD 1707- IN reviewing ..."
3. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the by P. L. Jacob (1876)
"The mortmains were generally subject to the greater share of feudal obligations
formerly ... What particularly characterized the condition of mortmains was, ..."
4. Catalogue of Books on Foreign Law: Founded on the Collection Presented by by Lincoln's Inn Library, Charles Purton Cooper, Frederick William Halfpenny (1849)
"On the Impost on mortmains, &c. by Jarry. JURISPRUDENCE du Conseil sur la ...
The Practice of the Council on the Impost of mortmains, by Dubost. ..."
5. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1876)
"Whether in servitude, or as mortmains, or as cotters, one way or another, fifteen
hundred ... H, 723, memorials on mortmains in Franche-Comte in 1788. ..."
6. A New Collection of Laws, Charters and Local Ordinances of the Governments by Joseph M. White, Ignacio Jordán de Assó y del Río (1839)
"Neither in future can the mortmains impose or acquire by any title, capitals at
interest of any description imposed on real property, nor impose nor acquire ..."
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