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Mortuary
be buried, and thence it was sometimes called a corpse-present. In the laws of Canute it was called soul-scot or symbolum anim'. See 2 Bl. Com. 425. Mortuaries are limited in amount by the still unrepealed 23
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Tenure
corporations and their successors held lands of the donor, without any service other than the praying for the souls of the donor and his heirs. See FRANK-ALMOIGNE. (2) Tenure by divine service, to which was annexed some … in the 12th Sch., s. 5, of the Law of Property Act, 1925. See COPYHOLD; ESCHEAT. Terce, thirds; Scots term. See WIDOW'S TERCE. Tenure means the period for which an incumbent of office holds it, Union of
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