Alienatio

l, Alienation. The transfer of ownership; conveyance. Especially applied to the transfer of real property. Alienatio licet protaibeatur, consensu tamen omninm in qaornm favorem prohibita est, potest fieri: though alienation is forbidden, yet it may be made with the consent of all those for whose benefit it is forbidden. Alienatio rei prsefertiir juri accrescendi: alienation of a thing i3 preferred to the right of survivorship; i. e., the law favors convey" ance by the owner rather than descent or accumulation.

In the civil and feudal law. Alienatio: the transfer of ownership of a thing or right; alienation; an implied transfer by prescription or usucapion, v. Abalienatio.

Transfer, alienation. From alienare, to make to be the property of another: aliemi^, another; Alienatio rei praefertur juri acerescendi. The alienation of a thing is preferred in law to its accumulation. Alienation, rather than the accumulation, of property is favored.' Limitations upon alienation, imposed by public po Ucy or by general statutes, are designed to prevent perpetuities and accumulations of realty in corpora- ' [Burbank v. Rockingham Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 24 N. H. 558 (1862). See also Lane v. Maine Mut. Fire Ins Co., la Me. 48 (1835); 13 E. I. 622. ' Huntress v. Place, 137 Mass. 409 (1884). 3 2 Bl. Com. 2S7. * Boyd V. Cudderback, 31 111. 119 (1863); 1 N. T. 48. ' Masters v. Madison County Ins. Co., 11 Barb 680 629 (1853). " United States v. Schurz, 102 U. S. 397 (1880)- 2 Bl Com. 204. ' tions and ecclesiastical bodies, and to protect creditors against fraud by debtors; But there is no reason why a person who is solvent should not make another, who parts with nothing, an object of bounty, thereby protecting him from the ills of life, the vicissitudes of fortune, improvidence, etc.' See AooDMnLATioN; Tkdst, 1, ALIEJJl. See under Alius.

I., Alienation. The transfer of ownership, conveyance. Alienatio licet probibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita est, potest fieri: though alienation be forbidden, yet it may be made with the consent of all those for whose benefit it is forbidden. Alienatio rei praefertur juri acorescendi (alienation of property is preferred to the right of survivorship): the law favors a conveyance made in the owner's lifetime, rather than allow the property to descend or accumulate. Alien! appetens, sui profusus, I. Greedy of others' property, wasting his own. Alieni generis: of another kind. Alieni juris: under the control of another, as of a parent or guardian. another's land. Alien-nee,^. An alien bom.

Lat. [from alienare, q. v.] In the civil law. The transfer of the ownership of a thing to another; alienation. Inst. 2. 8. pr. Dig. 50. 16. 67. An implied transfer by prescription, (usucapio.) Id. 50. 16. 28. The transferring, or granting of a right. Cod. 4. 51. 7. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 179, § 185. Abalienatio (q. v.) was sometimes used.

In the common law. Alienation or conveyance, especially of real property. Stat. Marlbr. c. 30. Bract. fol. 46. Iniquum est ingenuis hominibus non esse liberam rerum suarum alienationem. It is unjust that freemen should not have the free disposal of their own property. Co. Litt. 223 a. 4 Kent's Com. 131.