allodial

American  

[uh-loh-dee-uhl] / əˈloʊ di əl /

Or alodial

adjective

1. free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.

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allodial British  

/ əˈləʊdɪəl /

adjective

1. (of land) held as an allodium

2. (of tenure) characterized by or relating to the system of holding land in absolute ownership

   the allodial system

3. (of people) holding an allodium

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Other Word Forms

• allodiality noun
• allodially adverb

Etymology

Origin of allodial

1650–60; < Medieval Latin allodiālis, equivalent to allōdi ( um ) allodium + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Here was no allodial property, no censitive hereditary domain, as in the rest of, otherwise, feudal Europe.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.

This might have been done by converting the holdings of the men-at-arms into allodial estates, held direct from the Crown.

From Landholding in England by Fisher, Joseph, the younger, of Youghal

The primitive German or allodial property is strictly reserved to the kindred.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

Gaius himself observes upon the splitting of dominion into two parts as a singularity of Roman law, and expressly contrasts it with the entire or allodial ownership to which other nations were accustomed.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

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 Garnier, Germain