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Land holding in old England
Answer for the clue "Land holding in old England ", 4 letters:
udal
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Odal \O"dal\, n. [Cf. Icel. [=e]?al, Dan. odel allodial, Sw. odal.] (Law) Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context Shetland Orkney English) allodial n. (context Shetland Orkney English) A freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.
Usage examples of udal.
The case of Udal, a Puritanical clergyman, seems singular even in those arbitrary times.
The judges would not allow the jury to determine any thing but the fact, whether Udal had written the book or not, without examining his intention, or the import of the words.