mortmain
mortmain is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate. Note: The term was originally applied to conveyance of land made to ecclesiastical bodies; afterward to conveyance made to any corporate body. Burrill.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- back
- bird
- bond
- captive
- clench
- clinch
- close
- clutch
- custody
- detain
- detention
- entail
- fast
- finger
- firm
- fist
- forceps
- grasp
- grip
- gripe
- ground
- hand
- have
- hold
- hook
- hug
- husband
- inalienable
- incommunicable
- iron
- keep
- nail
- neaf
- neif
- nippers
- own
- paw
- pincers
- pliers
- possess
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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