manu aliena (man-yoo ay-lee-ee-n[schwa] or al-ee-). [Latin] Scots law. By the hand of another. • The phrase was contained in a notary’s docket and was attached to the end of an instrument of seisin, as a means for the notary to indicate that the instrument was written by another person. See DOCKET(6).
mancipare (man-s[schwa]-pair-ee), vb. [fr. Latin manus “hand” + capere “to take”] Roman law. 1. To alienate (a thing) through mancipation. 2. To sell (esp. a person) fictitiously as part of the emancipation process. See MANCIPATION.
deadhand control. The convergence of various legal doctrines that allow a decedent’s control of wealth to influence the conduct of a living beneficiary; esp., the use of executory interests that vest at some indefinite and remote time in the future to restrict alienability and to ensure that property remains in the hands of a particular