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Extraneus

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

Black's Law Dictionary

In old English law

One foreign born; a foreigner.

7 Coke, 16.

In Roman law. An heir not born in the family of the testator. Those of a foreign state. The same as alienus. Vicat; Du Cange. Extraneus est subditus qui extra terram, i. e., potestatem regis natus est.

7 Coke, 16.

A foreigner is a subject who is born out of the territory, i. e., government of the king.