About The Word Alienage
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Alienage
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What's The Definition Of Alienage?
[n] the quality of being alien
Synonyms | Synonyms for Alienage: alienism Related Terms | Find terms related to Alienage: See Also | curiousness | foreignness | strangeness Alienage In Webster's Dictionary \Al"ien*age\, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.]
1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.
Note: 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.
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