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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining to allodium or freehold; free of rent or service; held independently of a lord paramount: opposed to feudal. In the United States all lands are deemed allodial in the owner of the fee, but subject, nevertheless, to the ultimate ownership or dominion of the state. In England there are no allodial lands, all being held of the crown.
  2. n. Property held allodially.
  3. n. An allodialist.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. law inalienable; owned freely and clear of any encumbrances such as liens or mortgages.
  2. n. Anything held allodially.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Law) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal
  2. adj. Anything held allodially.

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  1. from allodium (Wiktionary)

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