Middle English Dictionary Entry
amortis(e)ment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | amortis(e)ment n. Also amortesment. |
| Etymology | OF amortissement. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alienation (of property) in mortmain.
Associated quotations
- (1439) Papers Trevelyan in Camd.6720 : For the costes and expensis of this amortisement.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.73/28 : I wol that..all the costis aboute the said amortesment be had and borne.
- (1461) RParl.5.491a : By wey of amortysment imperpetuite..all Grauntes..made..of amortysment, of any such Londes [etc.].