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Home Dictionary Name: alien Page: 3Alienation
Alienation, a transferring property to another, Co. Litt. 118....
Alienation Office
Alienation Office, a place to which all writs of covenants and entries were carried for the recovery of fines levied thereon....
Contrectatio rei aliene, animo furandi, est furtum
Contrectatio rei aliene, animo furandi, est furtum [Lat.], The touching of property not one's own, with an intention to steal, is theft....
Furtum est contrectatio rei aliene fraudulenta, cum animo furandi, invito illo domino cujus res illa fuerat
Furtum est contrectatio rei aliene fraudulenta, cum animo furandi, invito illo domino cujus res illa fuerat [Lat.], Theft is the fraudulent handling of another's property with an intention of stealing, the proprietor whose property it was not willing it....
De medietate lingu'
De medietate lingu' (of a moiety of tongue), Jury. At Common Law an alien was entitled to be tried by a jury of which one-half consisted of aliens, and the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 47, enacted that, on the prayer of any alien indicted for felony or misdemeanour, the sheriff should return for one-half of the jury a competent number of aliens, if so many there were in the town or place where the trial was had; and if not, then so many aliens as should be found in the same town or place, if any. An alien is now triable in the same manner as if he were a natural born British subject; see the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, s. 18, in substitution for the (English) Naturalization Act, 1870. See ALIEN....
Denizen
Denizen [fr. donaison, donison, O.Fr., a gift], an alien born who has obtained, ex donatione regis, letters-patent to make him (either permanently or for a time) an English subject. The granting of such letters-patent is a branch of the Royal Prerogative, and is subject to no restrictions whatever. The denizen might hold lands by purchase or devise, which an alien might not, but could not take by inheritance before the (English) Naturalization Act, 1870; for his parent, through whom he must claim, being an alien, had no heritable blood and therefore could convey none to his son. No denizen can be of the Privy Council, or either House of Parliament, or have any office of trust civil or military.By the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, s. 52, nothing in the Act contained affects the grant of letters of denization by His Majesty in the exercise of his prerogative. See further ALIEN and NATURALIZATION....
Local allegiance
Local allegiance, such as is due from an alien or stranger born, as long as he continues within the sovereign's dominions and protection; it ceases the instant such stranger transfers himself from this kingdom to another. But if an alien, seeking the protection of the Crown, and having a family and effects here, should, during a war with his native country, go thither, and there adhere to our enemies for purposes of hostility, he may be dealt with as a traitor, Fost. 115. See ALIEN....
treaty trader or investor
treaty trader or investor As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming to the United States, under the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the foreign state of such alien, to carry on substantial trade or to direct the operations of an enterprise in which he/she has invested a substantial amount of capital, and the alien's spouse and unmarried minor children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
transit without visa (twov)
transit without visa (twov) A transit alien traveling without a nonimmigrant visa. An alien admitted under agreements with a transportation line, which guarantees his immediate and continuous passage to a foreign destination. (See Transit Alien.) Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
lawful permanent resident (lpr)
lawful permanent resident (lpr) A person who has immigrated legally but is not an American citizen. This person has been admitted to the U.S. as an immigrant and has a Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551 also known as green card. It is a wallet-sized card showing that the person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant) in the United States. This person is also called a legal permanent resident, a green card holder, a permanent resident alien, a legal permanent resident alien (LPRA) and resident alien permit holder. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
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