Alienatio

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.