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Latin: In the civil law. Aliments; means of support, including food, (cibaria,) clothing, (vestitus,) and habitation, (habitatio.) Dig. 34, 1, 6. … [Read more...] about ALIMENTA

The condition or state of an alien. … [Read more...] about ALIENAGE

In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clothing and the like. The same name is given to the money allowed for aliments. . 2. By the common law, parents and children reciprocally owe each other aliments or maintenance. In the common law, the word alimony is used. Vide Allowance to a Prisoner. … [Read more...] about ALIMENTS

To convey; to transfer the title to property. Co. Litt. 1186. Alien is very commonly used in the same sense. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 53. "Sell, alienate, and dispone" are the formal words of transfer in Scotch conveyances of heritable property. Bell. "The term alienate has a technical legal meaning, and any transfer of real estate, short of a conveyance of the title, is not an … [Read more...] about ALIENATE

The allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit, or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance, and the fact of a marriage is established. Alimony is an allowance out of the husband's estate, made for the support of the wife when living separate from him. It is either temporary or … [Read more...] about ALIMONY