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Definitions
the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman mortmayn, morte meyn, from Old French mortes meins, after Late Latin phrase mortua manus. See Latin mortuus (“dead”) + manus (“hand”).
Used in a sentence
“Though in truth it was the law of mortmain […] which originally sent the founders of chantries to seek the king's licence […]”
“[…]; and some part of that influence [of the government], which would otherwise have been possessed as in a sort of mortmain and unalienable domain, returned again to the great ocean from whence it arose, […]”
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