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alienable
[ eyl-yuh-nuh-buhl, ey-lee-uh- ]
adjective
- capable of being sold or transferred.
alienable
/ ˈeɪljənəbəl; ˈeɪlɪə- /
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.
Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.
And so, again, the lords rights under the commendation seem to constitute an alienable and heritable seignory.
And now we must turn to consider another element in the kings alienable superiority.
The discovery that he had an alienable superiority over free land and free landowners would sharpen this rule.
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