alienable, a.
(ˈeɪlɪənəb(ə)l)
[f. alien v. + -able. Cf. Fr. aliénable, perh. the direct source.]
Capable of being alienated, or transferred to the ownership of another.
| 1611 Cotgr., Vendible, vendible, sellable, alienable. 1643 D. Digges Unlawf. Taking Arms i. (1647) 4 Their nerves and sinewes are not alienable, as their money and goods. 1751 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Alienation, Crown lands are only alienable under a faculty of perpetual redemption. 1832 I. Taylor Sat. Even. 465 Looking to things exterior and alienable, as his wealth. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. x. 334 All lands and heritages were declared free and alienable. |