alight alienage (alyenaj)

[ Why restore estates forfeitable on account of alienage ? Black stone. Story. aliener (al'yen-èr), n . Same as alienor. I do hereby order and proclaim that no plea of alienage alien-house (al'yen-hous), n. Formerly, in will be received, or allowed to exempt from the obligation imposed by the aforesaid Act of Congre any person of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath his inten- tion to become a citizen of the United States. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 370. 2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another; alienation. [Rare.] The provinces were treated in a far more harsh manner than the Italian states, even in the latter period of their alienage. Brougham. IMG:content-0493.png:[blocks in formation] [Rare.] An alien to the hearts Of all the court, and princes of my blood. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 2. Who can not have been altogether an alien from the researches of your lordship. Landor . Alien Act. (a) See alien and sedition laws , below. (b) An English statute of 1836 (6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 11) providing for the registration of aliens; and one of 1844 (7) and 8 Vict. c. 66) allowing aliens from friendly nations to hold real and personal property for purposes residence, and resident aliens to become naturalized. (c) An English statute of 1847 (10 and 11 Vict. c. 83) concerning naturalization. Alien and sedition laws, a series of laws adopted by the United States government in 1798, during a controversy with France in regard to which the country was violently agitated. They included three alien acts, the second and most famous of which (1 Stat. 570) conferred power on the President to order out of the country such aliens might reasonably suspect of secret machinations against the government or judge dangerous to its peace. It expired by limitation in two years. The sedition law was a stringent act against seditious conspiracy and libel, chiefly aimed at obstructive opposition to the proceedings of government and libelous or seditious publications in regard to them. These laws had little effect besides that of overthrowing the Federal party, which was held responsible for them.