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• Alien Property Custodian — An Alien Property Custodian was an office within the Government of the United States during World War I and again during World War II.On 11 March, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9095 establishing the Office of the… …   Wikipedia

• Alien Property Custodian — An officer, appointed pursuant to the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 and amendments thereto, to take custody, at the direction of the President of the United States, of the property, corporeal and incorporeal, of an enemy alien not licensed… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• alien property custodian — noun : the person appointed in time of war to take charge of the property of alien enemies …   Useful english dictionary

• alien — /ayl yeuhn, ay lee euhn/, n. 1. a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen). 2. a foreigner. 3. a person who has been estranged or excluded. 4. a creature from …   Universalium

• alien — /ˈeɪliən / (say ayleeuhn) noun 1. someone born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalisation and is not entitled to the privileges of a citizen. 2. a foreigner. 3. (in science fiction) an extraterrestrial… …  

• Alien Act 1705 — The Alien Act was a law passed by the Parliament of England, in 1705, as a response to the Parliament of Scotland s Act of Security of 1704, which in turn was partially a response to the English Act of Settlement 1701.The Alien Act provided that… …   Wikipedia

• Alien priory — Alien priories were certain religious establishments in England before 1414 in which the inmates had no voice in the appointment of their superiors, who were sent across the seas by the Norman abbots and who could be withdrawn at pleasure.They… …   Wikipedia

• alien — 1 / ā lē ən, āl yən/ adj [Latin alienus not one s own, foreign]: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government alien 2 n: a foreign born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a… …   Law dictionary

• Alien — Al ien, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See {Else}.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Alien enemy — Alien Al ien, a. [OF. alien, L. alienus, fr. alius another; properly, therefore, belonging to another. See {Else}.] 1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alien — [āl′yən, āl′ē ən] adj. [ME & OFr < L alienus < alius, other: see ELSE] 1. belonging to another country or people; foreign 2. strange; not natural [cruel words alien to his lips] 3. opposed or repugnant [beliefs alien to one s religion] 4.… …   English World dictionary