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Webster 1913 Edition


Alienage

Al′ien-age

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
aliénage
.]
1.
The state or legal condition of being an alien.
☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization.
Kent. Wharton.
Estates forfeitable on account of
alienage
.
Story.
2.
The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
Brougham.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alienage

A'LIENAGE

,
Noun.
The state of being an alien.
Why restore estates, forfeitable on account of alienage?

Definition 2024


alienage

alienage

English

Noun

alienage (usually uncountable, plural alienages)

  1. The status of being an alien; being from elsewhere