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Allodial

Allodial \Al*lo"di*al\, a. Anything held allodially.
--W. Coxe.

Allodial

Allodial \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.

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allodial

a. (context legal English) inalienable; owned freely and clear of any encumbrances such as liens or mortgages. n. Anything held allodially.

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Usage examples of "allodial".

As proof, you build a cathedral to Saint Peter on allodial land, which has no feudal obligations.

With the three oldest sons farming up-time allodial land, he would have a few years before he had to think about placing Lorenz and Georg.

During this precarious state of the supreme power, a difference would immediately be experienced between those portions of territory which were subjected to the feudal tenures, and those which were possessed by an allodial or free title.

He accordingly took possession of Comachio and some other places, pretending they were allodial estates belonging to the duke of Modena, and fiefs of the emperor, to which the holy see had no lawful claim.

This is very aptly shown by the fact that under feudalism allodial titles were voluntarily surrendered for feudal ones.

For his services the nobleman was given land and serfs, but not as outright or allodial property, as in the West, and only on condition that he served the Tsar.

He resided in the castle of Wolfenbuttel, and possessed no more than a sixth part of the allodial estates of Brunswick and Luneburgh, which the Guelph family had saved from the confiscation of their great fiefs.

As proof, you build a cathedral to Saint Peter on allodial land, which has no feudal obligations.