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Dead Hand

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dead hand of the pastmortmain
plural
Dead Hands
possessive
Dead Hand's
pluralpossessive
Dead Hands'