allod

"Hence," says M. Laboulaye, "the expressions sortes Burgundiorum Gothorum and klhroi Ouandigwn; hence the German words allod, allodium, and loos, lot, which are used in all modern languages to designate the gifts of chance."

What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890

It is the peculiarity of most of these German laws, in the only shape in which we know them, that, besides the _allod_ or domain of each household, they recognise several subordinate kinds or orders of property, each of which probably represents a separate transfusion of Roman principles into the primitive body of Teutonic usage.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855

It is not difficult to trace a great number of the rules governing the transfer and devolution of the commodities which lay outside the _allod_, to their source in Roman jurisprudence, from which they were probably borrowed at widely distant epochs, and in fragmentary importations.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855

The _allod_ or domain of the family was the joint-property of the father and his sons.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855

I have repeatedly stated that the _allod_, though not inalienable, was commonly transferable with the greatest difficulty; and moreover, it descended exclusively to the agnatic kindred.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855

The restoration of the inalienable, indivisible allod and of the federal rights of the peasant, as in olden times, would have been far more to the purpose.

Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835

After an unprovoked attack by the Xadaganians and the Orcs which led to the loss of the Elven allod of Grokh to, the Elves signed an accord to join the League.

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3. They also say that if a man refuses to give his allod to a bishop, abbot or count, or to a judex or hundredman, these seek opportunities whereby they can harm that poor man and make him go on every occasion to the army, until he is impoverished and hands over or sells his allod, like it or not, while others, who have handed theirs over, stay at home without any trouble.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Medieval Warfare in the reign of Charlemagne 2009

_allod_ of the person to whom it was paid, and followed a line of devolution in which the privileges of the agnates were neglected.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855

German words _allod_, allodium, and _loos_, lot, which are used in all modern languages to designate the gifts of chance. "

What is Property? 1837