释义 |
mortmain/ˈmɔ:tmein/n. Law 【法律】 1 the status of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation (教会或企业的)永久管业 2 the land or tenements themselves 永久管业的土地(或房屋)[Middle English via Anglo-French, Old French mortemain from medieval Latin mortua manus ‘dead hand’, probably in allusion to impersonal ownership] |