Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 .
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- noun dated
freehold land orproperty
Etymologies
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Examples
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In their reply to this plea the representatives of Scotland re-assert the immemorial suzerainty of the Roman Church over Scotland "the property, the peculiar allodium of the Holy See"; in all controversies, they said, between these equal and independent kingdoms it is to their equal superior, the Church of Rome, that recourse should be had.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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"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
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_feud_, _i. e._ a stipendiary estate; the other _allodium_, the phrase applied to that species of property which had become vested by allotment in the conquerors of the country.
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German words _allod_, allodium, and _loos_, lot, which are used in all modern languages to designate the gifts of chance. "
What is Property? 1837
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