Mortmain Acts
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
These acts hadfor their object to prevent lands getting into mortua manu. After numerous prior acts dating from the reign of Edward I., it was enacted by St. 9 Geo. II. c. 36 (called the "Mortmain Act" par excellence), that no lands should be given to charities unless certain requisites should be observed.
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