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Alienigena

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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In old English law

One born abroad; an alien born; an alien. Alienigena est alienee gentis, sen alienae ligentise, qui etiam dicitur peregrinus, alienus, exoticus, extraneus: an alien born is one of another nation or allegiance, who is also called a foreigner, an alien, one from without or abroad, a stranger, v. Alien.