Alienage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alienage \Al"ien*age\, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.]
     1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.
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     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.
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                 Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.
                                                    --Story.
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     2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
        --Brougham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alienage
       n : the quality of being alien [syn: {alienism}]