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alienage

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alienage \Al"ien*age\, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.]
   1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.

   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.

               Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.
                                                  --Story.

   2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
      --Brougham.

Source : WordNet®

alienage
     n : the quality of being alien [syn: {alienism}]
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