alienage

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

The state of being an alien.--Webster.


Neither this nor the following word is to be found in the

English dictionaries, except the recent one of Mr. Knowles. They are common, however, in professional books.

Where he sues an executor, &c., the plaintiff's alienage is no plea.--Laires' Pleading on Assumpsit, p. 687.

To restore estates, forfeitable on account of alienage.--Chancellor Kent.

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