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allodial

 
Dictionary: Al·lo·di·al

a.

[LL. allodialis, fr. allodium: cf. F. allodial. See Allodium.]
(Law) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

Al·lo·di·al
a.

Anything held allodially. W. Coxe.


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Owned freely; not subject to the restriction on Alienation that existed in feudal law.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Free; not subject to the rights of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal.

A description given to the outright ownership of land that did not impose upon its owner the performance of feudal duties.

See: feudalism.

 
 

 

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