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Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.

To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.

An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill.

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.

Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth. A gentleman of more ancientry than estate. Fuller.

ministration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

e rational horizon. -- Apparent time. See Time. -- Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.

irect a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

xercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

o appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.

e executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone.

itors. To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. Kent.

In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer.

; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a colu…

another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate. Blackstone.