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alien·able /'āl-yə-nə-bəl, 'ā-lē-ə-/ adj: that may be changed over to another's ownershipan alienable interest in propertyalien·abil·i·ty /ˌāl-yə-nə-'bil-ə-tē, ˌā-lē-ə-/ n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adj.Able to be transferred.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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The character of property that makes it capable of sale or transfer.Absent a restriction in the owner's right, interests in real property and tangible personal property are generally freely and fully alienable by their nature. Likewise, many types of intangible personal property, such as a patent or trademark (See trademarks), are alienable forms of property. By comparison, constitutional rights of life, liberty, and property are not transferable and, thus, are termed inalienable.Similarly, certain forms of property, such as employee security benefits, are typically not subject to transfer on the part of the owner and are inalienable forms of property.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The character of property that makes it capable of sale or transfer.Absent a restriction in the owner's right, interests in real property and tangible personal property are generally freely and fully alienable by their nature. Likewise, many types of intangible personal property, such as a patent or trademark, are alienable forms of property. By comparison, constitutional rights of life, liberty, and property are not transferable and, thus, are termed inalienable.Similarly, certain forms of property, such as employee security benefits, are typically not subject to transfer on the part of the owner and are inalienable forms of property.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
