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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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United States v. Preston, 4 Wash. 446. Fed. Cas. No. 10.0S7.

ADVENA (Lat. venire). In Roman Law. One of foreign birth, who has left his own country and settled elsewhere, and who has not acquired citizenship in bis new locality; often called albanus. Du Gange.