| 单词 | alien enemy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalien enemy alien enemy n. Law a foreign national coming from a country at war with his or her country of residence. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > enemy foemaneOE foec1275 enemy1393 alien enemy1579 foemate1592 gomer1978 1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 158v/2 Hee be an alien enemye, or condempned in premunire. a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) 28 Any bodie may seise the goods of an alien enemie, to his owne vse. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xvi. 286 By our laws..no alien can hold lands, nor alien enemy maintain an action for money, or other moveable thing. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania §20. 94 An alien enemy cannot maintain an action during the war in his own name. 1915 Daily Graphic 9 Dec. 1/1 Alien enemies residing in the United Kingdom to register at the nearest police station. 2011 B. Wittes Detention & Denial ii. 39 The alien enemy detention authority has a rather disreputable origin. < as lemmas |
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