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Alienus

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Alienus homo, another's man or slave. Inst. 4, 3, pr. Aliena res, another's property. Bract, fol. 13b.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In civil and old English law. Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Of another; done by another; the act of another. Of another country; an alien. Alienus homo: an-

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Aliens homo, another's man, or slaye. Inst. 4, d, Mi

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

alienum, I. Another's, by or of another.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from alius, another.] Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Alienus homo; another's man, or slave. Inst. 4. 3. pr. Aliena res; another's property. Bract, fol. 13 b. Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas. Use your own property, or exercise your own right, so as not to injure another's. 1 Bl. Com. 306. 3 Id. 217. Done by another; the act of another. Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto. No one is (should be) punished for the crime of another. Wingate's Max. 336, max. 87. One of another country; an alien. See Alien, Alienigena.