Land held in absolute and free ownership without feudal or superior claims.
From allodium with phonetic shortening, appearing particularly in English medieval texts. Variant of allod, showing how different regions used different forms of the same Latin term.
Allody is mostly a historical spelling—medieval English writers sometimes used this form instead of allodium—but it's a fascinating example of how the same legal concept had multiple names before standardization happened.
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