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dead hand
dead hand : mortmain
Mortmain
makes it inalienable; whence it is said to be in dead hand--in a hand that cannot shift away the property. It takes
Mortmain
Possession of lands or tenements in or conveyance to dead hands or hands that cannot alienate … Possession of lands or tenements in or conveyance to dead hands or hands that cannot alienate
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Forfeiture
of corporation (which was supposed to hold property in a dead hand locked up from all change or transfer), was prohibited under
In mortua manu
In mortua manu means in a dead hand. Land held by a religious society was described this way
Menus mortua, quia possessio est immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali
immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali [Lat.], Mortmain (dead hand) because it is an immortal possession; 'manus' stands for possession,
Graveyard
of the founder is permitted to be bury to his dead. On the other hand if any member of the public
Mortgage
Mortgage [fr. mort, Fr., dead, and gage, pledge], a deed pledge; a thing put into … gage, pledge], a deed pledge; a thing put into the hands of a creditor. A mortgage is the creation of an
mortmain
[Anglo-French, from Old French mortemain, from morte (feminine of mort dead, from Latin mortuus) + main hand, from Latin manus] 1
Magna Carta
show our letters-patents of our summons for debt, which the dead man did owe to us, it shall be lawful to … solemnly affixed, and the instrument was given by the king's hand as a confirmation of his own act, but it was
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