“mortuum”

The following 3 entries include the term mortuum.

caput mortuum

noun

: the residuum after distillation or sublimation

mortuum vadium

noun

: a mortgage agreement in early English law that gave possession of the mortgaged land and the use of its rents and profits to the mortgagee until such time as the mortgage was paid compare vivum vadium

vadium mortuum

noun

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