Legal Definition and Related Resources of Denizen
Meaning of Denizen
In English law. An alien born who has obtained, ex donatione legis, letters patent to make him an English subject. He is intermediate between a naturalborn subject and an alien. He may take lands by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot; but he is incapable of taking by inheritance. 1 Bl. Comm. 374. In South Carolina, and perhaps in other states, this civil condition is well known to the law, having been created by statute. The right of making denizens is not exclusively vested in the king, for it is possessed by parliament, but is scarcely ever exercised but by royal power. It may be effected by conquest. 7 Coke, 6a; 2 Ventr. 6; Comyn, Dig. “Alien” (D 1); Chit. Com. Law, 120.
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Synonyms of Denizen
noun
- burgher
- citizen
- dweller
- habitant
- incola
- indweller
- inhabitant
- inmate
- occupant
- occupier
- oppidan
- resident
- residentiary
- sojourner
- tenant
- townsman
Denizen in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French deinzein, a trader “within” the privilege of a city franchise: deinz, within, -Skeat. An alien born who has obtained ex donatione regis letters-patent to make him a subject. 1 Bl. Com. 374.
Note: This legal definition of Denizen in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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