1. Noun
The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
2. Noun
The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
3. Noun
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
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