Allodial

Held in alodum. See Alod, where the more recent understanding of tho ALLONGE (Fr.). A piece of paper annexed to a bill of exchange or promissory note, on which to write endorsements for which there is no room on the instrument itself. Pardessus, n. 343; Story, Prom. Notes, §§ 121, 151; Tied, on Com. Paper 264. See Indorskmknt.

Free or independent feudal. of a fact; the assertion of a fact by a party pleading; a species of pleading, used in proa will, claiming an interest in the effects of of faculties: the statement by a wife of upon a claim of alimony, v. Diminution. ' non est admittenda, Z. An allegation conthe fact) should not be admitted. AUegatio Terl)orum: an allegation against the tie which binds a citizen to fidelity and govei-nment or country in return for the sovereign, etc., affords him. Acquired alleof a citizen who was born an alien but has allegiance: the allegiance due from a resallegiance: the allegiance that results from of the sovereign. At common law, though ' natural allegiance could not be renounced; by statute both in England and the United

Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal.

Free; not held of any

[L. Lat. allodialis, from allodium, q. v.] In the law of estates. That which is not held of any superior; free or independent; the opposite of feudal. In the feudal law, allodial estates were distinguished from fiefs. Esprit des Lois, liv. 31, c. 8. Allodial lands are such as are free from any rent or service. 2 Bl. Com. 47, 60, 105. 3 Kent's Com. 488, 408, 513, 514. 1 Robertson's Charles V., Appendix, note viii.