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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A mortuary, thus termed because, when a mortuary became due on the dcath of a man, the best or second-best beast was, according to custom, offered or presented to the priest, and carried with the corpse. In Wales a corse-present was due upon the death of a clergyman to the bishop of the diocese, till abolished by 12 Anne St 2, c.

6. 2 Bl. Comm. 426.