In Mortua Manu
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
In mortua manu means in a dead hand. Land held by a religious society was described this way because the church could hold property perpetually with-out rendering feudal service, Black's Law Dictio-nary, 7th Edn., p. 791.
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