- Alienage
- Alienage Al"ien*age, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.]
1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.
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Note: The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. --Kent. Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. --Story. [1913 Webster]
2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.