noun
- Land held in absolute ownership, free from feudal obligations or restrictions; allodial land.
Usage: archaic; historical; legal
Examples
- In medieval Europe, alodia represented property that was owned outright rather than held as a fief.
- The distinction between alodia and feudal holdings was crucial to understanding medieval property law.
- Nobles who possessed alodia had greater freedom to dispose of their lands without overlord approval.
- The concept of alodia gradually declined as feudalism became the dominant land-tenure system.