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alienation of affections

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Disaffect

To alienate or diminish the affection of to make unfriendly or less friendly to fill with discontent and unfriendliness … To alienate or diminish the affection of to make unfriendly or less friendly to fill with discontent and unfriendliness

Alien

Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions … waters at the time of his birth. Except as otherwise expressly provided, nothing in s. 1 is to affect the status of any person born before the commencement of the Act. See R. v. Albany, etc., Superintendent,

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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 … 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

Surrender of copyholds

before their abolition by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922. Copyholds were not, as a general rule, alien-able by any of the Common Law assurances. A surrender (which is vocabulum artis) is the yielding up of … Surrender of copyholds. The following note affects the title to copyholds, as it existed before their abolition by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922.

criminal conversation

criminal conversation : the tort of committing adultery with another's spouse compare alienation of affections NOTE: This tort is no longer recognized in most jurisdictions.

Disaffection

State of being disaffected alienation or want of affection or good will esp toward those in authority unfriendliness dislike … State of being disaffected alienation or want of affection or good will esp toward those in authority unfriendliness dislike

order

profit sharing, or retirement benefits usually to a divorcing spouse (as for alimony or child support) NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the tax status of the … or child support) NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the tax status of the plan from which such funds are paid. re·strain·ing order [ri-strā-ni-] 1 : temporary

Disincline

To incline away the affections of to excite a slight aversion in to indispose to make unwilling to alienate

Forfeiture

Naturalization Act, 1870), subject to certain provisoes, enables aliens to hold real and personal property. See ALIEN. (3) Alienation in mortmain, or to any kind of corporation (which was supposed to hold property in a dead hand … to the Crown or the mesne lord. Apparently, the Land Charges Act, 1922, abolish-ing copyholds, may not having affected the claim to forfeiture by mesne lords under this head, Halsbury, L.E., 2nd Edn., vol. 8, p. 83,

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