mortmain in a sentence

Examples

1. After 1217, there was a forfeiture of land to the great lord in cases of unauthorized alienation in mortmain.
2. Quia Emptores took Mortmain one step further by banning outright, the formation of new tenures, except by the Crown.
3. Mortmain played an important part in legal history, and earlier case law often needs to be considered against this background.
4. Mortmain survives but, when the pilgrims wake in the morning, they discover that Nehemiah has died in the night.
5. The property continued to increase, as several licences were obtained subsequently to appropriate numerous small grants of land in mortmain.
6. In actual fact " Axel Mortmain " was the adopted son of two warlocks : John Thaddeus Shade and Anne Shade.
7. Wayland calls an emergency " meeting ", a cover-up to prevent the Shadowhunters from assisting Charlotte to confront Mortmain.
8. The proscription was reintroduced and made more forcible by Henry III s son, Edward I in the Statute of Mortmain in 1279.
9. In October 1327 Isabel arranged the transfer of the mortmain of certain lands to the priory, valued as worth ?0 per year.
10. The next morning, Will tells the Institute that werewolves are buying Yin Fen in high quantities, and are working for Mortmain.