Meaning of allodian | Babel Free

Definitions

Allodial.

not-comparable, obsolete, rare

Examples

“'Tis well known that the French were the firſt Aggreſſors. The pretence was to recover the Patrimonial Rights, or the Allodian Lands and Rents of the Dutcheſs of Orleans, from the Prince Palatine of the Rhine, who had them in poſſeſſion, and to aſſiſt the Prince of Furſtemberg, a Creature of France, in his Pretenſions to the Archbiſhoprick of Cologn.”

“In memoriam of the Clan Laurin, anciently the allodian inhabitants of Balquhidder and Strathearn, the chief of whom, in the decrepitude of old age, together with his aged and infirm adherents, their wives and children, the widows of their departed kindred–[…]”

“Yet in such case, nevertheless, of the return of the Upper Palatinate to the surviving Palatines, the Heirs of any Allodian Lands of the Bavarian Electors shall remain in Possession of the Rights and Benefices, which may lawfully appertain to them.”

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