The legal process of making something inalienable or removing it from private ownership; historically used for property that passed to the church.
From Medieval Latin admortizatio, from admortizare (ad- 'to' + mortis 'dead' + -ize). The term originally meant making property 'dead' to commerce by transferring it to the church or state.
Admortization was a major political issue in medieval Europe—kings fought with the church over admortization of land because each transfer to the church removed property from taxation forever.
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