Middle English Dictionary Entry
main-mort n.
Entry Info
| Forms | main-mort n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. morte-main.
1.
Mortmain, inalienable tenure of lands.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.265 : Kyng Edward..made a statute aȝenst maynmort [L mortuam manum], so þat..no man schulde..assigne londes..to men of religioun wiþouten þe kynges leve.