a. [f. ALIEN v. + -ABLE. Cf. Fr. aliénable, perh. the direct source.] Capable of being alienated, or transferred to the ownership of another.
1611. Cotgr., Vendible, vendible, sellable, alienable.
1643. D. Digges, Unlawf. Taking Arms, i. (1647), 4. Their nerves and sinewes are not alienable, as their money and goods.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Alienation, Crown lands are only alienable under a faculty of perpetual redemption.
1832. I. Taylor, Sat. Even., 465. Looking to things exterior and alienable, as his wealth.
1876. Bancroft, Hist. U.S., I. x. 334. All lands and heritages were declared free and alienable.
