Sentence example with the word 'mortmain'

mortmain

Definition n. real property held inalienably

Last update: August 30, 2015


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This was St Bernard's College, founded by Chicheley under licence in mortmain in 1437 for Cistercian monks, on the model of Gloucester Hall and Durham College for the southern and northern Benedictines.   [Please select]

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, Parliament passed a statute of mortmain, forbidding religious bodies to receive bequests without the King's license.   [Please select]

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The possessions of the clergy should be limited by laws of mortmain.   [Please select]

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To put a stop to this practice, and so make all landed proprietors do their part, the Statute of Mortmain was passed, 1279.   [Please select]

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[3] Statute of Mortmain (1279): see S226; it was especially directed against the acquisition of land by monasteries.   [Please select]

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The intendancy took charge of the administration of the estate of the two communities, the mortmain was canceled, and the transfer duly legalized.   [Please select]

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