Franc Aleu
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
or ALLEU. Fr. In French law. Allodial land; an estate entirely free, and not holden of any superior, and wholly exempt from all seigniorial rights and services. Argou Inst. au Droit Francois, tom. i.
194; cited 3 Kent's Com. 498, note. Hargr. Co. Litt. Note 3, lib. 2.
A term used in Lower Canada to denote an absolute right to real estate, as distinguished from a tenure.
Brande.
In old French law, it is simply called alleu, or alleu. Esprit des Lois, liv.
31, c. 8.
See Alleu.
See Alleu.