On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Guenter Wildgruber <gwildgru...@ymail.com>wrote:
> James, > thank you for Your sensible comment. > > I did not know about the term 'allodium'. > looking after the term, I read: > ... > True allodial title is rare, with most property ownership in the common > law <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law> world—primarily, the United > Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic > of Ireland—described more properly as being in fee > simple<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee_simple> > . > ... > A better definition: allodium [əˈləʊdɪəm], *allod* [ˈælɒd] *n* *pl* *-lodia* [-ˈləʊdɪə], *-lods* (Historical Terms) *History* lands held in absolute ownership, free from such obligations as rent or services due to an overlord Also *alodium*
