Land held in absolute ownership without feudal obligations; also spelled allod or alodium, representing complete property rights in medieval legal systems.
From Old Germanic elements combining 'all' (complete) and 'od' (property/land). This term represents contrast with feudal holdings, where land was held from a lord with specific duties.
In the Middle Ages, 'alod' meant you owned the land completely and owed nobody anything—revolutionary compared to feudalism where everyone owed someone something, which is why this word appears repeatedly in legal documents of the time.
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