ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MORTMAIN
From Old French mortemain, from Medieval Latin mortua manus dead hand, inalienable ownership.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORTMAIN»
Discover the use of
mortmain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mortmain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mortmain Legislation and the English Church, 1279-1500
This is a comprehensive survey of medieval English mortmain legislation from both the point of view of the crown and that of the Church.
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
3
An essay on the history and effects of the laws of
mortmain: ...
Thus Blackstone says, ' at common law it was necessary for corporations to have
a license in mortmain from the Crown, to enable them to purchase lands ; for as
the king is the ultimate lord of every fee, he ought not, unless by his own consent,
...
William Francis Finlason, 1853
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Bourchier (Ed ), 2012
5
The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
... lords paramount, and in default of all of them, the king might enter thereon as a
forfeiture. This seemed to be a sufficient security against all alienations in
mortmain ; but as these statutes extended only to gifts and conveyances between
the ...
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger, 1835
6
Commercial
Mortmain: A Study of the Trust Problem
It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others ...
7
A Treatise on the
Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1891
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Leonard Syer Bristowe, 2010
8
History of the law of charity, 1532-1827
CHAPTER IX THE INFLUENCE OF THE MORTMAIN ACT, 1736, ON THE
DEFINITION OF CHARITY The judiciary initiated and welcomed the Georgian
mortmain statute. Yet they made little attempt to limit the class of objects which
the law had ...
9
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an ...
This is either alienation in mortmain, alienation to an alien, or alienation by
particular tenmte ; in the two former of which cases the forfeiture arises from the
incapacity of the alienee to take, in the latter from the incapacity of the alienor to
grant.
Sir William Blackstone, Edward Christian, Joseph Chitty, 1832
10
English Government in the Thirteenth Century
Paul Brand On 14 November 1279 King Edward I issued the Statute of Mortmain.
1 The statute prohibited all future alienations in mortmain in England, which
meant any permanent grant of land or any other form of real property (such as a
rent ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORTMAIN»
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mortmain is used in the context of the following news items.
Revisiting a Cult Classic: Dodie Smith's 'I Capture the Castle'
And in fact, its heroines, diarist narrator Cassandra Mortmain and her sister Rose, are self-described “Austen-Brontë girls” who argue about ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
Author Jenny Han Discusses The Successes And Shortcomings Of …
Cassandra Mortmain from I Capture The Castle By Dodie Smith. That is undoubtedly my all-time favorite book. Your series Burn for Burn is a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7 Classic Feminist YA Books Everyone Should Read
I Capture the Castle is Cassandra Mortmain's diary written in various notebooks--the Sixpenny Book, the Shilling Book--and in these pages, ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
BCCL asks banks to liquidate property assets
... or property shares, provided that the purchase objective is to settle debts in mortmain (inalienable ownership) or those which are doubtful. «Businessnews.com.lb, May 15»
Nevada Bill Would Challenge Federal Land Management
It is the mortmain, the dead hand controlling property title ownership in Nevada FOREVER. NO citizen of Nevada may ever (forever) own a ... «The Heartland Institute, May 15»
BOOK REVIEW: 'God Help the Child'
Nor will it be new to find that she is writing about the ways in which the past slings iron chains that tie people in a stunting mortmain. Similarly ... «Washington Times, Apr 15»
Fed up of dystopias? #VeryRealisticYA takes Twitter by storm
Even before dystopias took over, most heroines were either languishing in rotting castles (like Cassandra Mortmain in I Capture The Castle) or ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
'Education is too important to be left to politicians'
Higher Education's mortmain is reflected in the shape and size of A-levels. Typically students take three subjects to full A-level, which ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
City's Zoning Reform: Fresh Water But Dirty Pipe
Mortmain in zoning — the dead hand of the past. David: What do the zoning rules now prohibit him [from doing]? Where is the sticking point? «The Chattanoogan, Mar 15»
Books that changed me: Emma Healey
... writer and there are two blueprints for writers in the book – the protagonist, Cassandra Mortmain, who writes while "sitting in the kitchen sink", ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
