Allodium Definition

əlōdēəm
noun
Land owned independently, free of any superior claim, and without any rent, payment in service, etc.; a freehold estate.
Webster's New World
Real property owned absolutely and free of any obligation to another with a superior vested right.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Allodium

Noun

Singular:
allodium
Plural:
allodia

Origin of Allodium

  • From Medieval Latin, from Frankish *allaud (“allodium, patrimony”, literally “entire property”), from Proto-Germanic *alaudą (“allodium, transferable possessions”), from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”) + *audaz (“goods”). Cognate with Old High German ōt (“property”), Old Saxon ōd (“estate, wealth”), Old English ēad (“possessions”).

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