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Alienation
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from Lat. alienus, belonging to another), the act or fact of being estranged, set apart or separated. In law the word is used for the act of transfer of property by voluntary deed and not by inheritance. In regard to church property the word has come to mean, since the Reformation, a transfer from religious to secular ownership. "Alienation" is also used to denote a state of insanity.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alienation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alienation.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alienation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alienation.html. 1910.
