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alienation in mortmain [1 record]

Record 1 2012-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

(T)he alienation of lands or tenements to any corporation, sole or aggregate, and whether ecclesiastical or temporal. (Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 85)

OBS

The control of alienation in mortmain, that is, to a corporation, is a permanent relic of feudal times. (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1490)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

aliénation en mainmorte : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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