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Definition of "alienable" [al•ien•a•ble]

  • Transferrable to the ownership of another. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "alienable" in a sentence
  • "The presumption of innocence is deemed alienable from the right to bear arms."
  • "Harvard law prof Joseph Singer, in his "Introduction to Property Law" book: "It is a fundamental tenet of the property law system that property should be 'alienable', meaning that it should be transferable from one person to another." page 10 of the 2nd edition."
  • ""alienable," it must be possible for one person to transfer possession and control of it to another."