Crossword clues for udal
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 ownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.
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.