Alienate

To convey; to transfer. Co. Litt. 118b. "Alien" is very commonly used in the same sense. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 53. See "Alienation."

To convey; to transfer. Co. Litt. 118 h. Alien is very commonly used in the same sense; 1 Washb. R. P. 53.

Toconvey; to transfer the title to property. Co. Litt. 1182, Alden is very commonly used in the same sense, 1 Washb. Real Prop. 53. “Sell, atienaie, and dispone” are the formal words of transfer in Scotch conveyances of heritable property. Bell. “The term @elienate has a technical legal meaning, and any transfer of real estate, short of a conveyance of the title, is not an alienation of the estate. No matter in what form the sale may be made, unless the title is conveyed to the purchaser, the estate is not alienated,” 11 Barb. 630. hibita est, potest fleri, et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto, Although alienation be prohibited, yet, by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited, it may take place; for it is in the power of any man to renounce a law made in his own favor. Co. Litt. 98. Alienatio rei prefertur juri accresecendi. Alienation is favored by the law rather than accumulation, Co. Litt. 185.

See Alienatio. To transfer property to another; to make a thing another man's. Town of New Hartford v. Town of Canaan, 54 Conn. 40-45 (1886), cases. 1 Bl. Com. 373. Fairfax v. Hunter, 7 Cranch, 619-21 (1813), Story, J.; Conrad v. Waples, 96 U. S. 289-90 (1877); Phillips v. Moore, 100 id. 212 (1879); Hauenstein v. Lynham, ib. 484 (1879). Butchers' Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U. S. In common law to alienate realty is voluntarily to part with ownership in it, by bargain and sale, conveyance, gift, or will. The right, originally, was a right in the owner of realty to divert it from his heir. To transfer or convey a title. An entry to foreclose does not do this. Alienee. He to whom property — realty, is transferred. Alienor. He by whom realty is transferred. Alienation. Any method whereby an estate is voluntarily resigned by one man and accepted by another, whether that be effected by sale, gift, marriage, settlement, devise, or other transmission of property by the mutual consent of the parties. An act whereby one man transfers the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, to another. A transfer short of a conveyance of the title is not an alienation of an estate. Absolute alienation. A transfer of realty without condition or qualification. Conditional alienation. A transfer of realty made to rest upon some event yet to happen, or upon some act yet to be done; as, a covenant to convey an estate. See Condition.

[Lat. alienare, q. v.] To convey or transfer; the same as to alien, which is the more common word. See To alien, f