[ad. L. a(l)lōdium, alōdis, alōdus, the first more commonly used unchanged. Cf. Fr. alode (Cotgr., 1611).] = ALLODIUM.
1689. Burnet, Tracts, I. 62. There are some Lands that are Frank-alod.
1848. Hallam, Mid. Ages, Suppl. Notes (1868), I. 146. The former derivation of alod.
1872. E. Robertson, Hist. Ess., 131. Small freeholders in allod.
1875. Stubbs, Const. Hist., I. iii. 53. The alod is the hereditary estate derived from primitive occupation.
