alienation office (a lye nas hon of"is)

office in London, at which persons resorting to the judicial proce es of fine and recovery for the conveyance of lands were required to present their writs, and submit to the payment of fees called the prefine and the post fine. alienator (al'yen-a-tor), [F. aliénateur, or transferred. The alienability of the domain. Burke , Works, III. 316. alienable (al'yen-a-bl), a. [ alien , v., + -able , after F. aliénable .] That may be alienated; capable of being sold or transferred to another: as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state. ate: see alien, v.] 1. One who alienates or transfers property.-2. A thief. [Humorous.] England, a priory or other religious house belonging to foreign ecclesiastics, or under their control. Encyc. Brit., II. 459. alien i gen ate (al-yen-ij'e-nāt), a. [L. alien i genus, foreign-born (