alienee
(ˌeɪlɪəˈniː)
[f. alien v. + -ee.]
One to whom the ownership of property is transferred.
| 1531 Dial. Laws Eng. ii. xiii. (1638) 82 After whose death his wife asketh her dower, and the alienee refuseth to assigne it unto her. 1768 Blackstone Comm. II. 192 If one of two joint-tenants in fee alienes his estate for the life of the alienee, the alienee and the other joint-tenant are tenants in common. 1859 Bentley Q. Rev. No. 3. 28 That an alienation should be null if the alienee should turn out a bad landlord. |