alienate in mortmain

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• Mortmain — Mort main , n. [F. mort, morte, dead + main hand; F. main morte. See {Mortal}, and {Manual}.] (Law) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate. [1913 Webster] Note: The term was originally… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mortmain — Literally, the dead hand. Property held out of circulation. To alienate land in mortmain was to convey it to a corporation, aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal. Perm v Carey, 65 US 465, 16 L Ed 701, 708. At one time in England, all purchases of …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• mortmain —   n. Law, state of being held inalienably by a corporation; v.t. alienate into corporation s possession …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Amortize — A*mor tize, v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare, admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish; L. ad + mors death. See {Mortmain}]. 1. To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To alienate in mortmain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• amortize — transitive verb ( tized; tizing) Etymology: Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo French amorteser, alteration of amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortire to kill, from Latin ad + mort , mors death more at murder Date:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Amortization — or amortisation is the process of decreasing, or accounting for, an amount over a period of time. The word comes from Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo French amorteser , alteration of amortir , from Vulgar Latin… …   Wikipedia

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• amortize — amortizable, adj. /am euhr tuyz , euh mawr tuyz/, v.t., amortized, amortizing. 1. Finance. a. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), esp. by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. b. to write off a… …   Universalium

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• amortise — /əˈmɔtaɪz / (say uh mawtuyz), /ˈæmətaɪz / (say amuhtuyz) verb (t) (amortised, amortising) 1. to liquidate or extinguish (an indebtedness or charge) usually by periodic payments (or by entries) made to a sinking fund, to a creditor, or to an… …