to alienate in mortmain
1Mortmain — Mort main , n. [F. mort, morte, dead + main hand; F. main morte. See {Mortal}, and {Manual}.] (Law) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate. [1913 Webster] Note: The term was originally… …
2mortmain — Literally, the dead hand. Property held out of circulation. To alienate land in mortmain was to convey it to a corporation, aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal. Perm v Carey, 65 US 465, 16 L Ed 701, 708. At one time in England, all purchases of …
3mortmain — n. Law, state of being held inalienably by a corporation; v.t. alienate into corporation s possession …
4Amortize — A*mor tize, v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare, admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish; L. ad + mors death. See {Mortmain}]. 1. To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To alienate in mortmain …
5List of abbeys and priories in England — Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Article layout 2 Abbreviations and key …
6amortize — transitive verb ( tized; tizing) Etymology: Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo French amorteser, alteration of amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortire to kill, from Latin ad + mort , mors death more at murder Date:… …
7Amortization — or amortisation is the process of decreasing, or accounting for, an amount over a period of time. The word comes from Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo French amorteser , alteration of amortir , from Vulgar Latin… …
8Hervey de Stanton — Infobox Person name = Hervey de Stanton residence = other names = imagesize = caption = birth name = birth date = 1260 birth place = death date = November 1327 death place = Yorkshire death cause = known = occupation = Chancellor of the Exchequer …
9amortize — amortizable, adj. /am euhr tuyz , euh mawr tuyz/, v.t., amortized, amortizing. 1. Finance. a. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), esp. by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. b. to write off a… …
10Elsing Spital — A Priory of Augustinian Canons and a hospital for blind men, called the Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate or Elsing Spital. On the east side of Philip Lane, between Philip Lane and Gayspor Lane, on the south side of London Wall.… …
