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alienation

alienation

1 8.1
Giving or selling property so someone else owns it
  • noun
  • /ˌeɪliəˈneɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : enajenación
  • In a real estate transaction, alienation occurred when the seller transferred ownership of the property to the buyer.
  • land alienation

Examples

  • Another important factor that proved to be problematic and a major obstacle for the Punjab Congress was the Land Alienation Act, which was to be passed in 1900 to restrict land purchases by the urban commercial classes.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The main objective of 'The Punjab Alienation of Land Act of 1900' was to curb the moneylenders' influence.

    Academic text (2018)

  • These two pieces of legislation were designed to safeguard against the further alienation of Indian communal lands.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Such private ownership rights as bequest, exchange, or alienation need not be included in the rights that vest in the members of the collective.

    Academic text (1990)

  • During the post-World War II years, problems of land alienation increasingly became exacerbated in colonial Kenya.

    Academic text (1998)

  • At this critical juncture, the INC decided to accept the legislation by passing the Land Alienation Act, which earned it great opposition from the urban Hindus.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The key policy adopted by the colonial government in this respect was the decision to prevent the alienation of land to Europeans and non-Asante Africans alike.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The contract outlined the alienation process, ensuring that both parties understood the transfer of property rights.

  • The law permits alienation of property to ensure that ownership can be freely transferred between individuals.

Synonyms

transfer
vsalienation
355 3.2

An action of moving something to another place or person

is the legal, complete change of property ownership and possession

Compounds

alienation of affection
  • Formal
1 9.9

A type of lawsuit a married person brings against someone who causes their partner to stop loving them

Surface Forms

alienation singular
alienations plural

Morphology

alienation = alienate (semi-transparent) = alien + ate + ion

Morphologically derived from 'alienate', but the legal meaning 'transfer of property' is a specialized sense not obvious to general learners from 'alien' alone.

Etymology

The word alienation used in law comes from the Latin alienare 'to make other' and alienus 'other', giving the image of something becoming someone else's. So in law alienation means the transfer of property, like land, so it becomes owned by someone else.