Corody

Corrodf/. [L. Lat. corodium, corrodium.l In old English law. A right of sustenance; or a right to receive certain allotments of victual and provision for one's maintenance. Finch, Law, 162. 2 BL Com. 40.

An allowance of food

and sometimes of other necessaries, which a person was entitled to, for life, years or in fee, and usually from a religious house. It belonged to the founders of these houses of common right, (unless the foundation was in frankalmoign,) and in this way became frequently due to the king.* Spelman.

Termes de la ley

It was a species of incorporeal hereditament, but is now obsolete.

2 BL Com. 40. 1 Id. 283. 2 InsL 630. 1 Crabb's Real Prop. 262, § 259. Crabb's Mist. Eng. Law, 252.