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Mortmain
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mortmain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mortmain.html. 1828.