Allodial
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[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.