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Mortmain

nounid 90750·updated May 18, 2026
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real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dead hand
plural
Mortmains
possessive
Mortmain's
pluralpossessive
Mortmains'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
§2
real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

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