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alienate (ay-lee-<<schwa>>-nayt orayl-y<<schwa>>-), vb. To transfer or convey (property or a property right) to another. —Also termed alien. — alienator,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

Alien and Sedition Acts.Hist. Four statutes passed in 1798 designed to silence critics of the Federalist party by tightening residency requirements for citizenship, granting to the President the power to jail aliens considered dangerous to the country, and restricting freedoms of the press and speech  by  criminalizing  speech  hostile  to  the  government.  •  All  the …

alien amy.See alien friend under ALIEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

alien ami.See alien friend under ALIEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

alienable (ay-lee-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l orayl-y<<schwa>>-), adj. Capable of being transferred to the ownership of another; transferable <an alienable property interest>. — alienability,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

alienage (ay-lee-<<schwa>>-nij orayl-y<<schwa>>-nij), n.  The condition  or status of being an alien. See DECLARATION OF ALIENAGE.[Cases: Aliens    1. C.J.S. Aliens §§ 2–3, 5.] [Blacks Law 8th]

alibi witness.See WITNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

a libello ut libellatur (ay l<<schwa>>-bel-oh <<schwa>>t lib-<<schwa>>-lay-t<< schwa>>r). [Law  Latin]  Hist.  From  the  libel  as  laid.  •  The  phrase  appeared  in  a  dismissal  in  favor  of  a ALIBI alibi   (al-<<schwa>>-bI),   n.[Latin   “elsewhere”]   1.   A   defense   based   on   the   physical impossibility of a defendant’s guilt by placing the defendant in a location other than the…

a  libellis  (ay  li-bel-is).  [Law  Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  An  officer  having  charge  of  petitions (libelli) addressed to the emperor or sovereign. 2.CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER . [Blacks Law 8th]

alias writ.See WRIT. [Blacks Law 8th]