Allodarii

Those who own allodial lands

Those who have as large an estate as a subject can have.

Co. Litt. 1; Bac. Abr. "Tenure" (A).

ALLODIUM (Sax. a, privative, and lode or leude, a vassal; that is, without vassalage). An estate held by absolute ownership, without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is due on account thereof.

1 Washb. Real Prop. 16; 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 513.

It is used in opposition to feodum or fief, which means property the use of which was bestowed upon another by the proprietor, on condition that the grantee should perform certain services for the grantor, and upon the failure of which the property should revert to the original possessor.