Alienare

I. In civil, feudal and old English law. To alien, or alienate; to make another's; to transfer to another. In the civil law, the term implied delivery of possession. In the common law it is confined to the transfer of real property.

I., Aliener, fr., Alienate, Aliene. To transfer, convey.

Lat. [from alienus, another's.] In the civil and common law. To alien, or alienate; to make another's, (alienum facere;) to transfer to another, (in alium transferre.) Inst. 2. 1. 40. Id. 2. 8. pr. et seq. In the civil law it implied delivery of possession. Corporalis res — a domino tradita, alienatur; a corporeal thing — when delivered by the owner, is aliened. Inst. 2. 1. 40. Alienatum non proprie dicitur quod adhuc in dominio venditoris manet, venditum tamen recte dicetur; a thing which still remains in the ownership, or under the control of the seller, is not properly said to be aliened, though it may be said to be sold. Dig. 50. 16. 67. In the common law, this term is confined to real property. Bract. fol. 29 a. In feodo alienavit; he aliened in fee. Reg. Orig. 144 b. Co. Litt. 118 b. But see Litt. sect. 177. According to Lord Coke, transferre is a more general word than alienare; for alienare is regularly intended of the act of the party; but transferre comprehends also acts in law, as descents, escheats and the like. 2 Inst. 406. See Transferre.