AMORTIZEMENT

AMORTIZA'TION or AMORT'IZEMENT, noun The act or right of alienating lands or tenements to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, as such alienations were mostly made to religious houses for superstitious uses.

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A‐mor″tize‐ment (�), n. [[F. amortissement.]] Same as Amortization.