allodial
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of land) held as an allodium
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(of tenure) characterized by or relating to the system of holding land in absolute ownership
the allodial system
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(of people) holding an allodium
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of allodial
1650–60; < Medieval Latin allodiālis, equivalent to allōdi ( um ) allodium + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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The introduction of the feudal law tended to moderate the authority of the allodial lords, ib.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
It was felt that land should be owned absolutely,—by allodial possession, as the phrase is.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Edward J. (Edward Jackson) Lowell
But the other sorts of property, of more modern origin and lower dignity than the allodial possessions, are much more easily alienated than they, and117 follow much more lenient rules of devolution.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
Then Earl Hallad grew tired of the business, resigned his earldom, took up again his rights as an allodial owner, and afterwards returned eastward into Norway.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
They themselves are termed the King's Rentallers, or kindly tenants; under which denomination each of them has a right, of an allodial nature, to a small piece of ground.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
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