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noun real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
noun the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
originFrom Anglo-Norman mortmayn, morte meyn, from Old French mortes meins, after Late Latin phrase mortua manus. See Latin mortuus (“dead”) + manus (“hand”).
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