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Definition of Allodium
1. n. 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.
Definition of Allodium
1. Noun. (dated) freehold land or property ¹
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Definition of Allodium
1. land held in absolute ownership [n -DIA] : ALLODIAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allodium
Literary usage of Allodium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"2 Meaning of allodium.—Land owned by a subject, and not held of a lord, is called
allodial land (Co. Litt. 1 b; 2 Bl. Comm. ..."
2. The Law of Tenures, Including the Theory and Practice of Copyholds by Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Charles Watkins, Robert Studley Vidal (1824)
"Opposite to feudal property is allodium (g\ which seems to be the old patrimonial
property revived Note IV. n- (). Squire on the Anglo Sax. ..."
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