Alienation office
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English practice. An office for the recovery of fines levied upon writs of covenant and entries. Alienation pending a suit is void.
2 P. Wms. 482; 2 Atk. 174; 3 Atk. 392; 11 Ves. 194; Murray v. Baliow, 1 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 566, 580.