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alienable
[ eyl-yuh-nuh-buhl, ey-lee-uh- ]
adjective
, Law.
- capable of being sold or transferred.
alienable
/ ˈeɪlɪə-; ˈeɪljənəbəl /
adjective
- law (of property) transferable to another owner
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Derived Forms
- ˌalienaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- alien·a·bili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alienable1
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Example Sentences
A man's character, it will be argued, is an alienable personal possession.
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Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.
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And so, again, the lords rights under the commendation seem to constitute an alienable and heritable seignory.
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And now we must turn to consider another element in the kings alienable superiority.
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The discovery that he had an alienable superiority over free land and free landowners would sharpen this rule.
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