mortmain
| Lands held by a corporate body, such as the church, in perpetual or inalienable tenure. |
| In the Middle Ages, alienation in mortmain, usually to a church in return for a chantry foundation, deprived the feudal lord of his future incidents (payments due to him when the land changed ownership) and rights of wardship, and so attempts were often made to regulate the practice. |
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