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MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med.
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Lat. mortua manus, dead
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hand)  , the
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state or
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condition of lands or tenements when held by a
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corporation in perpetual or inalienable
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tenure .
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Alienation in
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mortmain having the effect of depriving the
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lord of the incidents of
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seignory, which arose through the
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death or
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felony of the
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tenant .or failure of his heirs, many
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English statutes were passed directed against such alienation . The earliest is that of
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Henry III . 36 (Magna Carta); others being 7
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Edward 1.13 (De Viris Religiosis); 13 Edward I . 32; 15
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Richard II . 5; and 23 Henry VIII. so . .The
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present
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law is regulated by the Mortmain and Charitable Uses
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Act 1888, as amended by the act of 1891 .

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