† allodyn.
Obsolete. rare.
= allod n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > freehold land or property > in absolute possession
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allody1650
allodials1681
udal1755
allod1836
1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes vi. 54 No Alodyes left amongst us.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Alody..signifyed anciently what in the more strict sense Inheritance doth in our Law, that is, Lands descended from the Ancestor.
1847 Archæologia Cambrensis 2 9/2 This township..was divided into two allodies or weles; first into the allody of Wele Brocvael... The other allody in this township was called Wele Idnerth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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