alienable
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˈeɪliənəbl/
- Formal
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alienable
- The legal document outlined that the rights granted were alienable and could be assigned to another party.
Examples
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The defendant might well prefer to be subject to an alienable injunction, where if the litigants split the gains of trade, the defendant would only have to pay $6,000 to avoid its injunctive duty.
Academic text (1997) -
Land bought through informal markets is not readily alienable, so struggles to strengthen title claims often ensue.
Academic text (1998) -
A pencil, though, is easily removed from one's possession and is one of many examples of alienable possession.
Blog text (3) -
In many countries, property is considered alienable, allowing owners to sell or transfer their land to others.
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His family owned a piece of alienable land, which they decided to sell to a developer.
Synonyms
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3.9
Able to be given to another person, for example a ticket
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6.9
Can be transferred by law to another person
A thing an owner can legally sell or give to another person
The law allows someone to give something they own to another person
Antonyms
How Transferable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alienable comes from the Latin word alienus, meaning 'other' or 'belonging to another', and it shares the same root as alien. So, something alienable can be given or sold to 'another' owner, which is why the word means it can be transferred.