Definition of Allod

1. n. See Allodium.

Definition of Allod

1. Noun. allodium ¹

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Definition of Allod

1. allodium [n -S] - See also: allodium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allod

allochroous
allochthonous
alloclasite
allocortex
allocrine
allocthonous
allocute
allocuted
allocutes
allocuting
allocution
allocutions
allocyathin
allocycle
allocyclic
allod (current term)
allodeoxycholic acid
allodia
allodial
allodial title
allodial titles
allodialism
allodialist
allodialists
allodially
allodiaries
allodiary
allodiploid
allodium
allodiums

Literary usage of Allod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to 1842 by Wolfgang Menzel (1907)
"The allod or freehold property. IN whatever country the victorious Germans settled, ... As every freeborn man dwelt within the limits of his allod, ..."

2. The Feudal Régime by Charles Seignobos (1906)
"An allod could be converted into a fief by the owner;2 a fief could with difficulty be converted into an allod. Consequently allods became more and more ..."

3. Die Regesten der Erzbischöfe von Köln im Mittelalter by Catholic Church Archidocese of Cologne (Germany)., Richard Knipping, Wilhelm Kisky, Friedrich Wilhelm Oediger, Archdiocese of Cologne (Germany, Catholic Church (1901)
"69. die Burg Arberg (Aremberg, Kr. Adenau) und das ganze allod mit 2 Pfarrkirchen und ... 75. den'Anteil (K: die Hälfte) des Grafen von Wiede am allod Brule ..."

4. The Medieval Empire by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1898)
"The king is chosen to judge over allod and fief, and over 1 Franklin is inclined to see traces of the appeal proper in Henry VI. ..."

5. The Legal Doctrine of Responsibility in Cases of Insanity, Connected with by Lyttleton Forbes Winslow (1863)
"The title to an allod was ... and all injuries committed on the owner of an allod, within its boundaries, was mulcted in penalties double and treble of ..."

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