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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.