allodial

[ uh-loh-dee-uh l ]

/ əˈloʊ di əl /

free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.

Origin of allodial

1650–60; < Medieval Latin allodiālis, equivalent to allōdi(um) allodium + -ālis -al¹

al·lo·di·al·i·ty, noun al·lo·di·al·ly, adverb

Some of our historians gravely traced it back to Moses, in whose laws they found the origin of allodial lands.

History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 |Henry Thomas Buckle
The primitive German or allodial property is strictly reserved to the kindred.

Ancient Law |Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
This might have been done by converting the holdings of the men-at-arms into allodial estates, held direct from the Crown.

Landholding In England |Joseph Fisher
It was not the change from allodial to feudal so much as from confusion to order.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 |Various

Allodial tenures were abolished, and the Jarls were required to become his vassals.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Fiske.

allodial

/ (əˈləʊdɪəl) /

(of land) held as an allodium

(of tenure) characterized by or relating to the system of holding land in absolute ownership the allodial system

(of people) holding an allodium