"mortmain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɔːt.meɪn/ [UK], /ˈmɔɹt.meɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mortmain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mortmains [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman mortmayn, morte meyn, from Old French mortes meins, after Late Latin phrase mortua manus. See Latin mortuus (“dead”) + manus (“hand”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|id=die}}, {{uder|en|xno|mortmayn}} Anglo-Norman mortmayn, {{m|fro|morte meyn}} morte meyn, {{uder|en|fro|mortes meins}} Old French mortes meins, {{uder|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|mortua manus}} mortua manus, {{m|la|mortuus||dead}} mortuus (“dead”), {{m|la|manus||hand}} manus (“hand”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mortmain (usually uncountable, plural mortmains)
  1. (law) The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mortmain-en-noun-DwrGM7tO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 79 21 Topics: law
  2. (literary) A strong and inalienable possession. Tags: literary, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-mortmain-en-noun-HLc-SVgL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Statutes of Mortmain Translations (inalienable possession of lands): nezcizitelný pozemek [masculine] (Czech), pysyvä omistus (Finnish), mainmorte [feminine] (French), manomorta [feminine] (Italian), martwa ręka [feminine] (Polish), метох [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'inalienable possession of lands': 53 47

Inflected forms

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