allodial

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allodial - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Allodial \Al*lo"di*al\, a. [LL. allodialis, fr. allodium: cf. F.
     allodial. See Allodium.] (Law)
     Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service;
     held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal;
     as, allodial lands; allodial system. --Blackstone.
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  Allodial \Al*lo"di*al\, a.
     Anything held allodially. --W. Coxe.
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