An adjective derived from the verb alienate, meaning the transfer of property ownership in a business setting. Alienable is also an asset of property that is eligible for transfer to a new owner.

A brooch, a cedar chest, an armoire, a set of china, or a crystal vase. Every family has them: family heirlooms. But while there is a long and voluminous body of research into how indigenous societies ...

Who may apply for registration of title of alienable and disposable lands of the public domain? What must they prove? These are the questions answered in this case of Pedro, Luis, Ricardo, Ben and ...

Essays from an advanced seminar held at the School of American Research, Nov. 3-7, 1996. Money is no object: materiality, desire, and modernity in an Indonesian society / Webb Keane -- Alienable gifts ...

‘What would Jefferson make of Obamacare?’ (Donald Luzzatto op-ed column, Nov. 25) included a profound truism about medical care in Thomas Jefferson’s day: ‘A doctor couldn’t do much to preserve that ...