Meaning & use
Allod
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In medieval law, land held in absolute ownership, free of any feudal duties or obligations to a lord.
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Unlike a fief granted in exchange for service, the family's allod had been passed down free of any feudal claim.
Historians studying early medieval Europe distinguish land held as an allod from land held as a feudal benefice.
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Also spelled 'alod'; the word comes from a Germanic root related to Old High German 'al-od,' meaning full property, and survives today in the legal term 'allodial title.'
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