Alien - Revision history

EdBot: Category:Legal Terms

2008-04-23T18:19:08Z

Category:Legal Terms

Conservative at 22:25, September 12, 2007

2007-09-12T22:25:00Z

Luojie: Additional usage of the word alien, meaning creatures from other planets

2007-08-11T13:17:36Z

Additional usage of the word alien, meaning creatures from other planets

Aschlafly: remove reference to ETs

2007-08-10T18:28:12Z

remove reference to ETs

PFoster: Copy Edit.

2007-07-15T20:00:25Z

Copy Edit.

Aschlafly at 19:55, July 15, 2007

2007-07-15T19:55:12Z

Conservative at 23:50, July 3, 2007

2007-07-03T23:50:39Z

Conservative at 23:50, July 3, 2007

2007-07-03T23:50:20Z

Conservative at 23:47, July 3, 2007

2007-07-03T23:47:02Z

Aschlafly at 18:31, June 3, 2007

2007-06-03T18:31:03Z

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	In other countries, the term "[[foreigner]]" may be used instead of "alien". The word "alien" may also be used to describe creatures from other planets. Because such creatures have not yet been discovered, the term is usually confined to the realm of [[science fiction]], although scientists and the [[media]] may use it when speculating about such life forms.		In other countries, the term "[[foreigner]]" may be used instead of "alien". The word "alien" may also be used to describe creatures from other planets. Because such creatures have not yet been discovered, the term is usually confined to the realm of [[science fiction]], although scientists and the [[media]] may use it when speculating about such life forms.

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		+	''The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]
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	An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.

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	An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.

−	An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives. [[category:legal terms]]	+	An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives.
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		+	In other countries, the term "[[foreigner]]" may be used instead of "alien". The word "alien" may also be used to describe creatures from other planets. Because such creatures have not yet been discovered, the term is usually confined to the realm of [[science fiction]], although scientists and the [[media]] may use it when speculating about such life forms.
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−	~~''The following article is about the term "alien" as it most commonly used. For use of the term applying to hypothesized forms of life on other planets see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]~~
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	An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.

	An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives. [[category:legal terms]]		An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives. [[category:legal terms]]

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-''The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]
+''The following article is about the term "alien" as it most commonly used. For use of the term applying to hypothesized forms of life on other planets see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]
-An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.
+An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.
-An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country. [[category:legal terms]]
+An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives. [[category:legal terms]]

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	An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.
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		+	An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country. [[category:legal terms]]

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−	The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see: [[Extraterrestrial life]]	+	''The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]

	An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.

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	An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation or planet than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.		An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation or planet than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.

−	Since the early 20th century, fictional literature, television and films have been depicting alien beings from other planets. Many aliens exist in fantasy TV series such as [[Doctor Who]] and [[Star Trek]]. Science, however, has yet to find any real evidence that there is any life anywhere in the universe except on earth.

−	In 1996 a flurry of excitement took place when some tiny fossils of microbial organisms were found on a rock that had crashed down to earth after being knocked free of the gravitational influence of [[Mars]] by a asteroid or comet, but scientists are still undecided what could have caused these and many robotic spacecraft have been sent to Mars to try to answer this fundamental question. But apart from this, there is no evidence whatsoever of alien lifeforms.

−	~~The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (~~[[SETI]]) is a program to scan the sky in radio bands likely to be used by other civilizations. Thousands of candidate nearby stars have been examined, but no signal has been found. In 1967 there was some excitement when a regular series of radio pulses were picked up, but this was determined to have natural causes and was the first detected [[pulsar]].	+	[[Extraterrestrial life]]
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−	Despite the lack of scientific evidence for the existence of extra-terrestrial aliens, authorities receive hundreds of reports each year from people claiming to have had some form of contact with Unidentified Flying Objects, or [[UFO]]s, and some individuals even claim to have had an encounter with alien beings.
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−	An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation or planet than the people among whom he or she lives. Since the early 20th century, fictional literature, television and films have been depicting alien beings from other planets. Many aliens exist in fantasy TV series such as [[Doctor Who]] and [[Star Trek]]. Science, however, has yet to find any real evidence that there is any life anywhere in the universe except on earth.	+	An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation or planet than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[United States]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is an alien.
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		+	Since the early 20th century, fictional literature, television and films have been depicting alien beings from other planets. Many aliens exist in fantasy TV series such as [[Doctor Who]] and [[Star Trek]]. Science, however, has yet to find any real evidence that there is any life anywhere in the universe except on earth.

	In 1996 a flurry of excitement took place when some tiny fossils of microbial organisms were found on a rock that had crashed down to earth after being knocked free of the gravitational influence of [[Mars]] by a asteroid or comet, but scientists are still undecided what could have caused these and many robotic spacecraft have been sent to Mars to try to answer this fundamental question. But apart from this, there is no evidence whatsoever of alien lifeforms.		In 1996 a flurry of excitement took place when some tiny fossils of microbial organisms were found on a rock that had crashed down to earth after being knocked free of the gravitational influence of [[Mars]] by a asteroid or comet, but scientists are still undecided what could have caused these and many robotic spacecraft have been sent to Mars to try to answer this fundamental question. But apart from this, there is no evidence whatsoever of alien lifeforms.