Alienation of affections


the estrangement by a third person of one spouse from the other.

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  • Alienative

    the act of , or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: the advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants. the state of being , withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group’s alienation from mainstream society. the act of turning away, transferring, or diverting: […]

  • Alienee

    a person to whom property is alienated. historical examples the purchaser or alienee brought an action against the tenant-in-tail, alleging that he had no legal t-tle to the land. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 10, slice 3 various nor was the alienee, doubtless, to be taxed without his own consent, any more than another tenant […]

  • Aliener

    a person who transfers property. noun (law) a person who transfers property to another

  • Alieni generis

    of another kind.

  • Alieni juris

    under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.


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