ALLODIUM

ALLO'DIUM, noun Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. In England, there is no allodial land, all land being held of the king; but in the United States, most lands are allodial.

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Al‐lo″di‐um (�), n. [[LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis, of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and �t (AS. eād) possession, property. It means, therefore, entirely one's property.]] (Law) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.