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

Black's Law Dictionary

A mortuary or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of England, on the death of parishioners. It was originally voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be paid in the life-time.

2 Bl. Comm. 425.