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Mortmain

Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.

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Immovable 76% connected

Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Realty 76% connected

Royalty.

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Discretion noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Free will noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Illegality noun · 86% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Infection noun · 86% connection

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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Jurisdiction noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Lawlessness noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Legal power noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Legality noun · 86% connection

lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

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Non-canonicity noun · 86% connection

The quality or state of not being canonical, of not conforming to a general rule or common procedure.; "This holds minor literature ho…

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Outlawry noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Removability noun · 86% connection

The state of being able to be dismissed from office.; "The ‘democratic revolution’ emphasized the delegation of authority and the remo…

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Self-determination noun · 86% connection

determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

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Suability noun · 86% connection

(law) liability to be sued.; "That case, and others in this court relating to the suability of States, proceeded upon the broad ground…

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Unconstitutionality noun · 86% connection

The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.; "On April 2013 the…

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Validity noun · 86% connection

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

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Validness noun · 86% connection

the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Admortization noun · 78% connection

The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Agrarian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of R…

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Amortization noun · 78% connection

The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmai…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Boatage noun · 78% connection

Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

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Borough-English noun · 78% connection

A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the own…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Cognizance noun · 78% connection

An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

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Commandery noun · 78% connection

A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was call…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Deforcement noun · 78% connection

A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.

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Donee noun · 78% connection

Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possession, lands, tenements, conveyance, dead.
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Entry noun · 78% connection

The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.

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