alienabilityn.
/ˌeɪlɪənəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌeɪliənəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /ˌeɪljənəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Chiefly Law.
The quality of being alienable; ability to be transferred to the ownership of another.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > ability to be transferred
transferability1776
alienability1780
assignability1884
1707 tr. Present State Europe Oct. 430 The Questions of Alienability, or Inalienability.
1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 62 His principal grounds of doctrine for the alienability of the domain.
1845 Amer. Law Mag. Apr. 56 In this case the alienability of the estate devised, was not suspended by the limitations of the will.
1874 Ld. Selborne Rep. Comm. Church Patronage Q. 103. 13 Altering the law as to the alienability of property.
1922 W. C. Dunn Trusts for Business Purposes i. 24 It is not the alienability of an interest dependent on a remote contingency, but its utterly uncertain value, which furnished the sufficient justification..of the rule against perpetuities.
1980 D. L. Martin Ownership Theory Trade Union iii. 36 Unions that wish to provide some alienability in membership would restrict the transfer of membership to individuals for whom relatively more knowledge is available.
1999 Financial Times 1 Nov. (Mastering Strategy Suppl.) 2/3 The concept of alienability had an important place in Roman law and later in debates over land rights in the Middle Ages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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