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allodium

or ··徱·ܳ

[ uh-loh-dee-uhm ]

noun

plural allodia
  1. land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent, service, or other tenurial right of an overlord.


allodium

/ ˈælɒd; əˈləʊdɪəm /

noun

  1. history lands held in absolute ownership, free from such obligations as rent or services due to an overlord Alsoalodium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of allodium1

1620–30; < Medieval Latin < Frankish *ō- ( all all + patrimony, cognate with Old Norse ōٳ- in ōٳ󲹱, Gothic -ōٳ- in 󲹾-ōٳ, Old Saxon ōٳ- in ōٳ󾱱, Old English, Old Frisian ŧٳ- in ŧٳ, akin (by gradation) to ath- of atheling ) + Medieval Latin -ium -ium
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of allodium1

C17: from Medieval Latin, from Old German ō (unattested) entire property, from al- all + property; compare Old High German ō, Old English property
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"They find something they like doing and then they find a way to get paid for that," says Anne Ward, a certified financial planner for Allodium Investment Consultants in Minneapolis.

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This stone lay there until, after the male line of the lord of the manor had died out, the so-called Allodium was sold, and along with it this stone.

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It will be the same as if I made a present of it to the reader, when I reveal to him, that of the legacy, which was clearing off old scores, he had still thirty-five florins left to himself, as allodium and pocket-money, wherewith he might purchase whatsoever seemed good to him.

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Free ownership, the allodium, even under the form of small freeholds, still existed by way of exception in many parts.

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The question now arises, did free and absolute property, the allodium, entirely disappear in this process, and were all lands held as tenures?

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