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Dead Hand

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Noun

1. dead hand, mortmain

real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

2. dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain

the oppressive influence of past events or decisions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dead Hand

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noun
1. 
an oppressive or discouraging influence or factor
the dead hand of centralized control
2. law a less common word for mortmain

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Dead Hand

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mortmain

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Dead Hand

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n.
1. The ever-present, oppressive influence of past events: "Psychotherapy explores the ways in which the past has shaped people, and how its dead hand continues to deform their lives" (James S. Gordon).
2. Mortmain.

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