Alody

/ˈæloʊdi/ noun

Land held in absolute ownership without feudal obligations; a variant form of alodium.

Variant of alodium, from Medieval Latin via Frankish *alod (full property). The shortened -y form appears in English legal terminology alongside the Latinized -um form.

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