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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

mort

dead + E.

pay

Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Noun.

Dead pay; payment not made. [Not used.]

mortpay ‎(plural mortpays)

(obsolete) The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
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