mortmain
noun
- a transfer of lands or houses to a corporate body, such as a school, church, or charitable organization, for perpetual ownership
- such ownership
See mortmain in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(môrtˈmānˌ)
noun- Law Perpetual ownership of real estate by institutions such as churches that cannot transfer or sell it.
- The often oppressive influence of the past on the present.
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