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allodium, alodium|əˈləʊdɪəm|
[a. med.L. al-, allōdium (frequent in Domesday Book,) f. Ger. *alôd, allôd, ‘entire property,’ found in the Salic Law in latinized form alod-is, ‘in W.Goth. documents alaudes’ (Diez), f. all + OLG. ôd (OHG. ôt, OE. eád, ON. auðr), ‘estate, property, wealth’ (Goth. *auds in audags, OE. eádiᵹ wealthy, fortunate, happy). With allōdium cf. med.L. clenōdium a trinket, f. Ger. kleinod, lit. a ‘little piece of property.’ Occasionally englished as allod, allody. Usage varies, in this word and its derivatives, between al- and all-. In med.L., forms in al- are more usual.]
An estate held in absolute ownership without service or acknowledgement of any superior, as among the early Teutonic peoples; opposed to feudum or feud.
1628Coke On Litt. 1 b, For in the law of England we have not properly Allodium, that is any subject's land that is not holden, unlesse you will take Allodium for Ex solido, as it is often taken in the Booke of Domesday. Ibid. 5 a, In Domesday, Alodium (in a large sense) signifieth a free mannor. a1660Hammond Serm. (T.) Allodium, not from any ἀλλ' ἐκ Διὸς but from God, as the lawyers have derived that word. 1751Chambers Cycl., Allodium and patrimonium are frequently used indiscriminately. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 77 Allodium, land held in full propriety. |
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