Statute of Mortmain

GPTKB entity

Statements (14)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:De_religiosis
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1279
1290
gptkbp:effect restricted land ownership by religious corporations
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:King_Edward_I_of_England
gptkbp:historicalSignificance limited the power of the Church in medieval England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Statute of Mortmain
gptkbp:purpose to prevent land from passing into the possession of the Church
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mortmain
gptkbp:repealedBy partially repealed by later statutes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_I
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5