Royal licences to acquire property in mortmain allowed for a period of expansion into adjacent properties in the early 14th century. |
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New laws on mortmain limited the size of donations that might be bequeathed to religious foundations. |
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An unauthorized conveyance into mortmain made the land liable to forfeiture to the crown. |
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The rest was in the hands of the Church and nobility, protected against sale by entail or mortmain, or owned by urban corporations, or bourgeois landowners. |
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The first Decree also introduced an annual tax on mortmain property to offset unpaid transfer tax. |
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Statutes were consequently passed between the 13th and the 16th century prohibiting alienation into mortmain without license from the crown. |
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The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature. |
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