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Abalienatio

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In Roman law. The perfect conveyance or transfer of property from one Roman citizen to another. This term gave place to the simple alienatio, which is used in the Digest and Institutes, as well as in the feudal lew, and from which the English "alienation" has been formed.

Inst 2, 8, pr.; Id. 2, 1, 40; Dig. 50, 16, 28.