See also:

• MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. Lat. mortua manus, dead hand)

MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. mortua manus, dead See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand)  , the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of lands or tenements when held by a See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation in perpetual or inalienable See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure . See also:

• ALIENATION (from Lat. alienus, belonging to another)

Alienation in See also:

• MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. Lat. mortua manus, dead hand)

mortmain having the effect of depriving the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the incidents of See also:

• SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, lord; Lat. senior, elder)

seignory, which arose through the See also:

• DEATH

death or See also:

• FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony of the See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant .or failure of his heirs, many See also:

• ENGLISH

English statutes were passed directed against such alienation . The earliest is that of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III . 36 (Magna Carta); others being 7 See also:

• EDWARD

Edward 1.13 (De Viris Religiosis); 13 Edward I . 32; 15 See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II . 5; and 23 Henry VIII. so . .The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law is regulated by the Mortmain and Charitable Uses See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1888, as amended by the act of 1891 .